(A) The town designates the Maricopa County Flood Control District as the enforcement authority for all floodplain management activities within its corporate limits. The District is hereby authorized to exercise the powers and duties set forth in A.R.S. Title 45, Chapter 10, Article 1402, within all areas of the town.
(B) (1) The town elects not to assume the responsibility of floodplain management from the County Flood Control District as provided for in A.R.S. §§ 48-3609 and 48-3610. The Town Manager is designated as the NFIP Floodplain Administrator for the town, is responsible for coordinating with the County Flood Control District, and will serve as the community point of contact on NFIP issues for county, state, and federal officials.
(2) Those public records entitled “Flood Insurance Study for Maricopa County, Arizona and Incorporated Areas” dated October 16, 2013 with accompanying FIRMs dated October 16, 2013 and all subsequent amendments and/or revisions, copies of which shall be kept on file in the office of the Town Manager/Clerk, are hereby adopted by reference as the basis for establishing the special flood hazard areas in the town. The special flood hazard areas documented in the FIS and FIRMs are the minimum area of applicability of the floodplain management regulations and may be supplemented by studies for other areas as allowed in the regulations.
(3) The public record designated as the “Floodplain Regulations for Maricopa County”, dated June 25, 2014, and all subsequent amendments and/or revisions, copies of which shall be kept on file in the office of the Town Manager/Clerk, is hereby adopted as the legal basis for implementing floodplain management in this community.
(1989 Code, § 15-9) (Ord. 2017-01, passed 2-16-2017; Ord. O2020.14, passed 4-23-2020) Penalty, see § 152.99