(1) Upon receipt of a request for a preliminary determination of floodplain property elevation, together with payment of the $25 fee, the Building Official shall inspect the proposed building site and shall determine whether or not in his best judgment the property in question is obviously above the base flood elevation.

(2) If the Building Official determines that the proposed building site is obviously above the base flood elevation, then he shall give written notification to the person making the request, shall keep a record of the determination in the build division’s office, and shall inform the Planning Director.

(3) Upon receipt of the Building Official’s determination that the proposed building site is obviously above the base flood elevation, the Planning Director shall record the determination, together with the date the determination was made, on the master copies of the FEMA maps within the Planning Department office, and shall notify FEMA.

(4) If the Building Official is unable to determine whether or not the property in question is obviously above the base flood elevation, then he shall notify the person making the request that a determination of floodplain property elevation will require an engineering survey to be accomplished at the property owner’s expense. Upon receipt of an engineering survey, the Building Official shall complete his determination as to whether or not the property is above the base flood elevation. If the property is above the base flood elevation, then the Building Official and Planning Director shall record such determination in the same manner provided for in CCC 32.02.040(2) and (3).