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 this chapter;
(B) Review permit applications to determine whether to ensure that the proposed building site project, 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 this chapter;
(D) Review permits for proposed development to assure that all necessary permits have been obtained from those federal, state or local governmental agencies (including § 404 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972, 33 U.S.C. § 1344) from which prior approval is 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 make the necessary interpretation;
(F) Notify, in riverine situations, adjacent communities and the State Coordinating Agency which is the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) and also the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), 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 § 152.07, 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 §§ 152.25 et seq.;
(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 certain zones within the city, 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 foot at any point within the community; and
(J) Under the provisions of 44 C.F.R. Chapter 1, § 65.12, of the National Flood Insurance Program regulations, a community may approve certain development in certain zones, which may increase the water surface elevation of the base flood by more than one foot, provided that the community first completes all of the provisions required by § 65.12 of the Emergency Management and Assistance.
(Ord. 2009-05, passed 10-15-2009; Ord. 2023-10, passed 7-20-2023)