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"Substantial improvement"is considered to occur when the first alteration of any wall, ceiling, <br /> floor or other structural part of the building commences, whether or not that alteration affects the <br /> external dimensions of the structure. This term includes structures which have incurred repetitive <br /> loss or substantial damage, regardless of the actual repair work done. <br /> ii. The term does not include: <br /> a. Projects which are purely for and directly related to the improvement of a <br /> structure to comply with existing state or local health, sanitary, or safety code specifications which <br /> are solely necessary to assure safe living or use of a building; or, <br /> b. Alteration of structures listed on the National Register of Historic Places or the <br /> Illinois Register of Historic Places. <br /> KK. VIOLATION: The failure of a structure or other development to be fully compliant <br /> with the City's floodplain management regulations. A structure or other development without the <br /> required federal, state, and/or local permits and elevation certification is presumed to be in <br /> violation until such time as the documentation is provided. <br /> LL. ZONING ADMINISTRATOR: The Director of Economic and Community <br /> Development or his/her designee shall be responsible for the administration of this Ordinance. <br /> 2. BASE FLOOD ELEVATION. This Ordinance's protection standard is the Base Flood. <br /> The best,most reliable available base flood data are listed below. Whenever a party disagrees with <br /> the best available data, it shall be the responsibility of that party to pay the cost of the required <br /> engineering study needed to replace the existing data with better data. The findings in the study <br /> shall be submitted to FEMA and IDNR/OWR for approval prior to any development of the site. <br /> A. The base flood elevation for the floodplains of the Sangamon River, Long Creek <br /> (East of Big Creek), Long Creek, Big Creek, Big Creek Arm of Lake Decatur, <br /> Spring Creek, Spring Creek Tributary, Spring Creek Tributary East, Stevens Creek, <br /> Stevens Creek Tributary A, Stevens Creek Tributary B and the Northeast Drainage <br />