(a) Powers and duties pursuant to this chapter.
(1) Engineering Division/Stormwater Management Division. The Richland County Engineering Division and the Stormwater Management Division, under the direction of the Richland County Engineer, shall have the following powers and duties in administering and implementing Article VIII of this chapter and other relevant laws and regulations pertaining to stormwater management and erosion and sediment control in Richland County:
a. To review and approve/deny all plans for stormwater management to assure that all applicable requirements of this chapter have been satisfied.
c. To review and approve/deny all applications for land disturbance permits to assure that all applicable requirements of this chapter have been satisfied.
d. To interpret the terms and provisions of Section 26-64 and Article VIII. of this chapter.
(2) Flood coordinator. The Richland County Flood Coordinator, under the direction of the Richland County Engineer, shall have the following powers and duties in administering and implementing Section 26-106 of this chapter and other relevant laws and regulations pertaining to floodplain management in Richland County:
a. To review all applications for zoning and land disturbance permits within the FP
Floodplain Overlay District to assure that all applicable requirements of this chapter have been satisfied.
b. To advise any applicant for a zoning and/or land disturbance permit within the FP Floodplain Overlay District that additional federal or state permits may be required and require that copies of any permits or permit applications for activities on the proposed site be provided and maintained on file with the flood coordinator.
c. To notify adjacent communities and the State Coordinator for the National Flood Insurance Program of the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, Land, Water and Conservation Division, prior to any alteration or relocation of a watercourse, and to submit evidence of such notification to FEMA.
d. To prevent encroachments within floodways unless the certification and flood hazard reduction provisions of Section 26-106 of this chapter are met.
e. Where interpretation is needed as to the exact location of the boundaries of special flood hazard areas (for example, where there appears to be a conflict between a mapped boundary and actual field conditions), to make the necessary interpretation.
f. When base flood elevation data and floodway data have not been provided in accordance with Section 26-106 of this chapter, to obtain, review, and reasonably utilize the best available base flood elevation data and floodway data available from a federal, state or other source at his/her discretion, in order to administer the provisions of Section 26-106 of this chapter and other relevant laws and regulations pertaining to floodplain management in Richland County.
g. When a regulatory floodway has not been designated, the flood coordinator must require that no encroachments, including fill, new construction, substantial improvements, or other development shall be permitted within Zones AE and A1-30 on the community's FIRM, unless it is demonstrated by an engineer registered with the state, 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 at any point within the community more than one (1) foot.
h. Mail annually a notice to owners or occupants of structures within or touched by the regulatory floodplain areas, to provide information as to the status of the flood hazard for each property.
i. To serve notices of violation, issue stop work orders, revoke or suspend permits and take corrective actions for violations of Section 26-106 of this chapter and other relevant laws and regulations pertaining to floodplain management in Richland County.
j. To maintain all records pertaining to the administration of Section 26-36, Section 26-61, 26-106, and Section 26-202, and to make these records available for public inspection.
k. Review proposed development to assure that all necessary permits have been received from those governmental agencies from which approval is required by Federal or State law, including section 404 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972, 33 U.S.C 1334.
(b) Reserved.
(Ord. No. 074-04HR, § V, 11-9-04; Ord. No. 043-07HR, § XXVI, 5-1-07; Ord. No. 006-10HR, § IV, 1-19-10; Ord. No. 060-10HR, § V, 9-28-10; Ord. No. 053-17HR, § VII, 11-14- 17)