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In the interpretation and application of this chapter, all provisions shall be: (a) considered as minimum requirements; (b) liberally construed in favor of the governing body; and, (c) deemed neither to limit nor repeal any other powers granted under state statutes.
(Ord. O-28-96, passed 12-10-96; Am. Ord. O-8-07, passed 5-22-07)
The degree of flood protection required by this chapter is considered reasonable for regulatory purposes and is based on scientific and engineering consideration. Larger floods can and will occur on rare occasions. Flood heights may be increased by man-made or natural causes. This chapter does not imply that land outside the areas of special flood hazard or uses permitted within such areas will be free from flooding or flood damages. This chapter shall not create liability on the part of the City Council of Florence or any officer or employee, the Commonwealth of Kentucky, the Federal Insurance Administration, or the Federal Emergency Management Agency, thereof for any flood damages that result from reliance on this chapter or any administrative decision lawfully made hereunder.
(Ord. O-28-96, passed 12-10-96; Am. Ord. O-8-07, passed 5-22-07)
The City of Florence, Kentucky, assures the Federal Insurance Administration that it will enact as necessary, and maintain in force in those areas having flood, or flood- related erosion hazards, adequate land use and control measures with effective enforcement provisions consistent with the Criteria set forth in part 60 of the National Flood Insurance Program Regulations (CFR44).
(Res. R-13-96, passed - - )
The Public Services Director is vested with the responsibility, authority and means to:
(A) Assist the Administrator, at his request, in his delineation of the limits of the area having special flood, or flood-related erosion hazards.
(B) Provide such information as the Administrator may request concerning present uses and occupancy of the flood plain, or flood-related erosion areas.
(C) Cooperate with federal, state, and local agencies and private firms which undertake to study, survey, map, and identify flood plain, or flood-related erosion areas, and cooperate with neighboring communities with respect to management of adjoining flood plain, and/or flood-related erosion areas in order to prevent aggravation of existing hazards.
(D) Upon occurrence, notify the Administrator in writing whenever the boundaries of the Community have been modified by annexation or the community has otherwise assumed or no longer has authority to adopt and enforce floodplain management regulations for a particular area. In order that all Flood Hazard Boundary Maps and Flood Insurance Rate Maps accurately represent the community's boundaries, include within such notification a copy of a map of the community suitable for reproduction, clearly delineating the new corporate limits or new area for which the community has assumed or relinquished flood plain management regulatory authority.
(E) The Public Services Director is hereby appointed to maintain for public inspection and to furnish upon request for the determination of applicable flood insurance risk premium rates within all areas having special flood hazards identified on a Flood Hazard Boundary Map or Flood Insurance Rate Map, any certificates of flood-proofing, and information on the elevation (in relation to mean sea level) of the level of the lowest flood (including basement) of all new or substantially improved structure, and include whether or not such structures include a basement, and if the structure has been floodproofed; and
(F) The city hereby agrees to take such other official action as may be reasonably necessary to carry out the objectives of the program.
(Res. R-13-96, passed - - )
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