The duties of the Local Administrator under this subchapter include, but are not limited to, the following:
(A) Permit review. The Local Administrator shall:
(1) Review all development permits to determine that the permit requirements of this subchapter have been satisfied;
(2) Review all development permits to ensure that all necessary permits have been obtained from those Federal, State or local governmental agencies from which prior approval is required. The applicant is responsible for obtaining such permits as required.
(3) Review all development permits to determine if the proposed development is located within a designated floodway. If the proposed development is located within a designated floodway, the Local Administrator shall ensure that the encroachment provisions of § 177.17(A) are met.
(B) Use of other base flood data. Areas of special flood hazard where base flood elevation data have not been provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency are designated as Zone A on the community’s Flood Insurance Rate Map. Within these areas, the Local Administrator shall obtain, review and reasonably utilize any base flood elevation and floodway data available from a Federal, State or other source in order to administer § 177.16(A) and (B) and § 177.17.
(C) Information to be obtained and maintained. Where base flood elevation data are utilized within areas of special flood hazard on a community’s Flood Insurance Rate Map, regardless of the source of such data, the Local Administrator shall:
(1) Obtain and record the actual elevation, in relation to mean sea level, of the lowest floor, including the basement, of all new or substantially improved structures, and state whether or not such structures contain a basement;
(2) For all new or substantially improved floodproofed nonresidential structures:
(a) Verify and record the actual elevation, in relation to mean sea level, to which the structure was floodproofed; and
(b) Maintain the floodproofing certifications required in § 177.11(A)(3); and
(3) Maintain for public inspection all records pertaining to this subchapter.
(D) Alteration of watercourses. The Local Administrator shall:
(1) Notify adjacent communities and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Water, prior to any alteration or relocation of a watercourse, and submit evidence of such notification to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. A watercourse is considered to be altered if any change occurs within its banks.
(2) Maintain engineering documentation that the flood-carrying capacity of the altered or relocated portion of such watercourse shall not be diminished.
(3) Require that necessary maintenance will be provided for the altered or relocated portion of such watercourse, so that the flood carrying capacity will not be diminished.
(E) Interpretation of flood boundaries. The Local Administrator shall make interpretations, where needed, as to the exact location of the boundaries of the areas of special flood hazard (for example, where there appears to be a conflict between a mapped boundary and actual field conditions). Where a map boundary and elevations disagree, the elevations delineated in the flood elevation profile shall prevail. The person contesting the location of the boundary shall be given a reasonable opportunity to appeal the interpretation as provided in § 177.14.
(Ord. 726, passed 7-6-92)