The Board hereby:
(A) Assures the Federal Insurance Administration that it will enact as necessary, and maintain in force for those areas having flood or mudslide hazards, adequate land use and control measures with effective enforcement provisions consistent with the criteria set forth in § 1910 of the National Flood Insurance Program Regulations; and
(B) Vests the Emergency Service Office of the county with the responsibility, authority and means to:
(1) Delineate or assist the Administrator, at his or her request, in delineating the limits of the areas having special flood and/or mudslide hazards on available local maps of sufficient scale to identify the location of building sites;
(2) Provide such information as the Administrator may request concerning present uses and occupancy of the floodplain and/or mudslide area;
(3) Cooperate with federal, state and local agencies and private firms which undertake to study, survey, map and identify floodplain or mudslide areas, and cooperate with neighboring communities with respect to management of adjoining floodplain and/or mudslide, areas in order to prevent aggravation of existing hazards; and
(4) Submit on the anniversary date of the community’s initial eligibility an annual report to the Administrator on the progress made during the past year within the community in the development and implementation of floodplain and/or mudslide area management measures.
(C) (1) Appoints the Emergency Service Office of the county to maintain for public inspection and to furnish upon request a record of evaluations (in relation to mean sea level) of the lowest floor (including basement) of all new or substantially improved structures located in the special flood hazard areas.
(2) If the lowest floor is below grade on one or more sides, the elevation of the floor immediately above must also be recorded.
(D) Agrees to take such other official action as may be reasonably necessary to carry out the objectives of the program.
(Ord. 1974-4, passed 12-23-1974)