A. Responsibilities: The Building Official shall be responsible for fulfilling all of the duties listed in this Section.
1. Determine Flood Plain Designation: To fulfill those duties, the Building Official first should use the criteria listed in Section 10-1-4, Base Flood Elevations of this Chapter, to determine whether the development site is located within a flood plain. Once it has been determined that a site is located within a flood plain, the Building Official must determine whether the development site is within a flood fringe, a regulatory floodway or within an SFHA or flood plain on which no floodway has been identified. If the site is within a flood fringe, the Building Official shall require that the minimum requirements of Section 10-1-5 of this Chapter be met. If the site is within a floodway, the Building Official shall require that the minimum requirements of Section 10-1-6 of this Chapter be met. If the site is located within an SFHA or flood plain for which no detailed study has been completed and approved, the Building Official shall require that the minimum requirements of Section 10-1-7 of this Chapter be met.
2. Determine All Requirements Met: In addition, the general requirements of Section 10-1-8 of this Chapter shall be met for all developments meeting the requirements of Sections 10-1-5, 10-1-6 or 10-1-7 of this Chapter. The Building Official shall assure that all subdivision proposals shall meet the requirements of Section 10-1-7 of this Chapter.
3. Review Variance Requirements: If a variance is to be granted for a proposal, the Building Official shall review the requirements of Section 10-1-10 of this Chapter to make sure they are met. In addition, the Building Official shall complete all notification requirements.
4. Action Regarding Permits: In order to assure that property owners obtain permits as required in this Chapter, the Building Official may take any and all actions as outlined in Section 10-1-13 of this Chapter.
B. General Administration And Enforcement: The Building Official shall be responsible for the general administration and enforcement of this Chapter which shall include the following:
1. Determining Flood Plain Designation: Check all new development sites to determine whether they are in a special flood hazard area. If they are in a special flood hazard area, determine whether they are in a floodway, flood fringe or in a flood plain on which a detailed study has not been conducted which drains more than one square mile.
2. Professional Engineer Review: If the development site is within a floodway or in a flood plain on which a detailed study has not been conducted which drains more than one square mile, then the permit shall be referred to a registered professional engineer under the employ or contract of the Village for review to ensure that the development meets the requirements of Section 10-1-6 of this Chapter. In the case of an appropriate use, the professional engineer shall state in writing that the development meets the requirements of Section 10-1-6 of this Chapter.
3. Dam Safety Requirements: Ensure that a DWR dam safety permit has been issued or a letter indicating no dam safety permit is required, if the proposed development activity includes construction of a "dam" as defined in Section 10-1-2 of this Chapter. Regulated dams may include weirs, restrictive culverts or impoundment structures.
4. Other Permit Requirements: Ensure that any and all required Federal, State and local permits are received prior to the issuance of a flood plain development permit.
5. Plan Review And Permit Issuance: Ensure that all development activities within the SFHAs of the jurisdiction of the Village meet the requirements of this Chapter and issue a flood plain development permit in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter and other regulations of this community when the development meets the conditions of this Chapter.
6. Inspection Review: Inspect all development projects before, during and after construction to assure proper elevation of the structure and to ensure they comply with the provisions of this Chapter.
7. Elevation And Floodproofing Certificates: Maintain in the permit files an elevation certificate certifying the elevation of the lowest floor (including basement) of a residential or nonresidential building or the elevation to which a nonresidential building has been floodproofed, using a floodproofing certificate for all buildings subject to Section 10-1-8 of this Chapter for public inspection and provide copies of same.
8. Records For Public Inspection: Maintain for public inspection and furnish upon request base flood data, SFHA and regulatory floodway maps, copies of Federal or State permit documents, variance documentation, conditional letter of map revision, letter of map revision, letter of map amendment and as-built elevation and floodproofing or elevation and floodproofing certificates for all buildings constructed subject to this Chapter.
9. State Permits: Ensure that construction authorization has been granted by the Illinois Division of Water Resources, for all development projects subject to Sections 10-1-6 and 10-1-7 of this Chapter unless enforcement responsibility has been delegated to the Village. Upon acceptance of this ordinance by DWR and FEMA, responsibility is hereby delegated to the Village as per 92 Illinois Administrative Code 708 for construction in the regulatory floodway and flood plain when floodways have not been defined in Sections 10-1-6 and 10-1-7 of this Chapter. However, the following review approvals are not delegated to the Village and shall require review or permits from DWR:
a. Organizations which are exempt from this Chapter, as per the Illinois Compiled Statutes.
b. Department of Transportation projects, "dams" or impoundment structures as defined in Section 10-1-2 of this Chapter and all other State, Federal or local unit of government projects, including projects of the Village and County, except for those projects meeting the requirements of subsection 10-1-6-2F of this Chapter.
c. An engineer's determination that an existing bridge or culvert crossing is not a source of flood damage and the analysis indicating the proposed flood profile, per subsection 10-1-6-2B5 of this Chapter.
d. An engineer's analysis of the flood profile due to subsection 10-1-6-2B4 of this Chapter.
e. Alternative transition sections and hydraulically equivalent compensatory storage as indicated in subsections 10-1-6-2B1, B2 and B8 of this Chapter.
f. Permit issuance of structures within or over publicly navigable rivers, lakes and streams
g. Any changes in the base flood elevation or floodway locations.
h. Base flood elevation determinations where none now exist.
10. Cooperation With Other Agencies: Cooperate with State and Federal flood plain management agencies to improve base flood or 100-year frequency flood and floodway data and to improve the administration of this Chapter. Submit data to DWR and the Federal Emergency Management Agency for proposed revisions of a regulatory map. Submit reports as required for the National Flood Insurance Program. Notify the Federal Emergency Management Agency of any proposed amendments to this Chapter.
11. Promulgate Regulations: Promulgate rules and regulations as necessary to administer and enforce the provisions of this Chapter subject, however, to the review and approval of DWR and FEMA for any ordinance changes. (Ord. 621, 5-15-1995)