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b. Specifications for building construction and materials, flood -proofing, filling, dredging, grading, channel improvement, storage of materials, water supply, and sanitary facilities. 2. Transmit a copy of the information described in Section 10-100 (4) Cl to a designated engineer or other expert person or agency for technical assistance, where necessary, in evaluating the proposed project in relation to flood heights and velocities, the seriousness of flood damage to the use, the adequacy of the plans for protection, and other technical matters. 3. Based upon the technical evaluation of the designated engineer or expert, the City shall determine the specific flood hazard at the site and evaluate the suitability of the proposed use in relation to the flood hazard. D. Factors Upon Which the Decision of the City Council Shall Be Based. In passing upon special use applications, the City Council shall consider all relevant factors specified in other sections of this Chapter and the following: 1. The danger to life and property due to increased flood heights or velocities caused by encroachments. 2. The danger that materials may be swept onto other lands or downstream to the injury of others or they may block bridges, culverts, or other hydraulic structures. 3. The proposed water supply and sanitation systems and the ability of these systems to prevent disease, contamination, and unsanitary conditions. 4. The susceptibility of the proposed facility and its contents to flood damage and the effect of such damage on the individual owner. 5. The importance of the services provided by the proposed facility to the community. 6. The requirements of the facility for a waterfront location. 7. The availability of alternative locations not subject to flooding for the proposed use. 8. The compatibility of the proposed use with existing development and development anticipated in the foreseeable future. 9. The relationship of the proposed use to the comprehensive plan and flood plain management program for the area. 10. The safety of access to the property in times of flood for ordinary and emergency vehicles. 11. The expected heights, velocity, duration, rate of rise, and sediment transport of the flood waters expected at the site. 12. Such other factors as are relevant to the purposes of this Chapter. E. Conditions Attached to Special Use Permits. Upon consideration of the factors listed in Section 10-100 (4) D and the purpose of this Chapter, the City Council shall attach such conditions to the granting of a special use permit as it deems necessary to fulfill the purposes of this Chapter. Such conditions may include, but are not limited to, the following: 1. Modifications of waste treatment and water supply facilities. 2. Limitations on period of use, occupancy, and operation. 3. Imposition of operational controls, sureties, and deed restrictions. 4. Requirements for construction of channel modifications, compensatory storage, dikes, levees, and other protective measures. 5. Flood -proofing measures in accordance with the State Building Code and this Chapter. The applicant shall submit a plan or document certified by a registered professional engineer or architect that the flood -proofing measures are consistent with the Regulatory Flood Protection Elevation and associated flood factors for the particular area. (Underline reflects new language, Strikedifou reflects deleted language)