A. It shall be the duty of the chief engineer, through the floodplain administrator, to issue any floodplain use permit required by this chapter. The chief engineer may request and shall receive the assistance and cooperation of all departments, agencies, officials, and public employees of the county in the enforcement of this title. No license, permit or other similar approval for any development that would be in conflict with the provisions of this title shall be issued by any department, official, or employee of the county; and any such license, permit, or approval, if issued in conflict with the provisions of this title, shall be null and void.
B. In accordance with A.R.S. Section 48-3610, the district shall advise any city or town that has assumed, in writing, jurisdiction over the district's regulatory floodplains, and provide a copy of any development plan or any application that has been filed with the district for a floodplain use permit or a variance to develop land in a regulatory floodplain, floodway, or erosion hazard area within one mile of the boundary between the district's area of jurisdiction and the jurisdiction of that city or town. The district shall also advise any city or town in writing and provide a copy of any development plan of any major development proposed within a regulatory floodplain, floodway, or erosion hazard area within the County that could affect regulatory floodplains, floodways, erosion hazard areas or watercourses within that city's or town's area of jurisdiction. Written notice and a copy of the plan of development shall be sent to any adjacent jurisdiction no later than three working days after having been received by the district.
C. Whenever a watercourse, which is regulated by FEMA and ADWR, is to be altered or relocated the chief engineer shall:
1. Notify adjacent communities and ADWR prior to such alteration or relocation of a watercourse, and submit evidence of such notification to FEMA; and
2. Require as a condition of the floodplain use permit that the flood carrying capacity of the altered or relocated portion of said watercourse be maintained.
(Ord. 2010-FC5 § 1 (part), 2010; Ord. 2005 FC-2 § 2 (part), 2005; Ord. 1999 FC-1 § 1 (part), 1999; Ord. 1988 FC-2 Art. 7 (B), 1988)