Duties and responsibilities of the Floodplain Administrator shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
(A) Maintain and hold open for public inspection all records pertaining to the provisions of this chapter.
(B) Review permit applications to determine whether proposed building site projects, including the placement of manufactured homes, will be reasonably safe from flooding.
(C) Review and approve or deny all applications for development permits required by adoption of this chapter.
(D) Review permits for proposed development to ensure that all necessary permits have been obtained from those federal, state, or local governmental agencies (including section 404 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972, 33 U.S.C. § 1344) from which prior approval is required.
(E) Where interpretation is needed as to the exact location of the boundaries of the areas of special flood hazards (for example, where there appears to be a conflict between a mapped boundary and actual field conditions), the Floodplain Administrator shall make the necessary interpretation.
(F) Notify, in riverine situations, adjacent communities, the state coordinating agency, which is the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB), and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) prior to any alteration or relocation of a watercourse, and submit evidence of this notification to the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
(G) Ensure that the flood carrying capacity within the altered or relocated portion of any watercourse is maintained.
(H) When base flood elevation data has not been provided in accordance with § 153.07 of this chapter, the Floodplain Administrator shall obtain, review, and reasonably utilize any base flood elevation data and floodway data available from a federal, state, or other source, in order to administer the provisions of §§ 153.40 through 153.45 of this chapter.
(I) When a regulatory floodway has not been designated, the Floodplain Administrator must require that no new construction, substantial improvements, or other development (including fill) be permitted within Zones Al-30 and AE on the city’s FIRM, unless it is demonstrated that the cumulative effect of the proposed development, when combined with all other existing and anticipated development, will not increase the water surface elevation of the base flood more than 1 foot at any point within the city.
(J) Under the provisions of 44 CFR chapter 1, section 65.12, of the National Flood Insurance Program regulations, the city may approve certain development in Zones A1-30, AE, AH, on the city’s FIRM that increases the water surface elevation of the base flood by more than 1 foot, provided that the city first completes all the provisions required by section 65.12.
(Ord. O-13-753, passed 4-15-2013)