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Prior to the community authorizing any alteration or relocation of a watercourse If the applicant has applied for a permit to work in the beds of public waters Pursuant to Minnesota Statue Chapter 103G. this shall suffice as adequate notice to the Commissioner of Natural Resources A copy of said notification shall also be submitted to the Chicago Regional Office of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) I. Notification to FEMA When Phvsical Changes Increase or Decrease the 100 year Flood Elevation. As soon as is practicable but not later than six (6) months after the date such supporting information becomes available City staff shall notify the Chicago Regional Office of FEMA of the changes by submitting a copy of said technical or scientific data. Appeal and Variance Procedure. A. Administrative Review. The City Council shall hear and decide appeals where it is alleged there is error in any order, requirement, decision, or determination made by an administrative official in the enforcement or administration of this Chapter. B. Variances. The City Council may authorize upon appeal in specific cases such relief or variance from the terms of this Chapter as will not be contrary to the public interest and only for those circumstances such as hardship, practical difficulties, or circumstances unique to the property under consideration, as provided for in the respective enabling legislation for planning and zoning for cities. In the granting of such variance, the City shall clearly identify in writing the specific conditions that existed consistent with the criteria specified in this Cha ter an other zoning regulations in the Community, and in the respective enabling legislation that have justified the granting of the variance. No variance shall have the effect of allowing in any district uses prohibited in that district, permit a lower degree of flood protection than the Regulatory Flood Protection Elevation for the particular area, or permit standards lower than those required by State law. The following additional variance criteria of the Federal Emergency Management Agency must be satisfied: 1. Variances shall not be issued within any designated regulatory floodway if an increase in flood levels during the base flood discharge would result 2. Variances shall only be issued upon a. a showing of good and sufficient cause b. a determinations that failure to grant the variance would result in exceptional hardship to the applicant and c. a determination that the granting of a variance will not result in increased flood heights, additional threats to public safety, extraordinary public expense create nuisances cause fraud on or victimization of the public, or conflict with existin local laws or ordinances. 3. Variances shall only be issued upon a determinations that the variance is the minimum necessary, considering the flood hazard to afford relief. C. Hearings. Upon the filing with the City Council of an appeal from a decision of City staff, or an application for a variance, the City Council shall fix a reasonable time for a hearing and give due notice to the parties in interest as specified by law. The City Council shall submit by mail to the Commissioner of Natural Resources a copy of the application for proposed variances sufficiently in advance so that the Commissioner will receive at least ten days notice of the hearing. D. Decision. The City Council shall arrive at a decision on such appeal or variance within 45 days. In passing upon an appeal, the City Council may, so long as such action is in conformity with the provisions of this Chapter, reverse or affirm, wholly or in part, or modify the order, (Underline reflects new language, ; ethrexgh reflects deleted language)