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 these regulations.
B. Review permit application to determine whether proposed building site, including the placement of manufactured homes, will be reasonably safe from flooding.
C. Review, approve or deny all applications for development permits required by adoption of these regulations.
D. Review permits for proposed development to assure 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. 1334) from which prior approval are 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 the necessary interpretation.
F. Notify, in riverine situations, adjacent communities and the State coordinating agency, the Oklahoma Water Resources Board, prior to any alteration or relocation of a watercourse, and submit evidence of such notification to the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
G. Assure 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 Section 42-7, 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 Sections 42-17 through 42-22.
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) shall be permitted within zones AI-30 and AE on the community'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 one (1) foot at any point within the community.
J. Under the provisions of 44 CFR chapter 1, section 65.12, of the National Flood Insurance Program Regulations, a community may approve certain development in zones AI-30, AE, AH, on the community's FIRM which increases the water surface elevation of the base flood by more than one (1) foot, provided that the community first complies with 44 CFR, chapter 1, section 65.12.
K. Become accredited by the board in accordance with 82 O.S. §§ 1601-1618, as amended.
L. After a disaster or other type of damage occurrence to structures in the City, determine if the residential and nonresidential structures and manufactured homes located in the SFHA have been substantially damaged and enforce the substantial improvement requirement.
(Ord. No. 07-14, § 1, 10-1-2007)