Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance - Mason County

(vi) A design of the proposal so that the amount of development proposed as
reasonable use will have the least impact practicable on the resource lands
and/or critical areas;
(vii) An economic analysis establishing the respective present values of
development allowed under these regulations without the reasonable use
exception and with the requested exception or alternative exceptions.
(viii) Other information as the Administrator determines is reasonably necessary
to evaluate the issue of reasonable use as it relates to the proposed
development.
(3) Application process and review.
(i) The application shall be submitted to the Administrator along with fees
established by ordinance for reasonable use exceptions.
(ii)
(iii)
Public notice shall be as provided in Title 15 for public hearings.
The Administrator shall prepare an analysis of the merits of the request
and make recommendations to the Board of Commissioners.
(4) Except when application from this ordinance would deny all reasonable use of a
site, an applicant who seeks an exception from the regulations of the Ordinance
shall pursue a variance as provided in this Section.
(5) The Administrator shall maintain the records of all reasonable use exceptions
granted and report them to the Federal Insurance Administration upon request.
Mason County Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance 16
Effective August 18, 2008