A. Appointment: The city council of the city of Vinita designates the mayor of Vinita, Oklahoma, or their designee as floodplain administrator to administer and implement the provisions of this chapter and other appropriate sections of national flood insurance program regulations in 44 CFR pertaining to floodplain management. (Ord. 3614, 12-15-2015)
B. Duties And Responsibilities: Duties and responsibilities of the floodplain administrator shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
1. Maintain and hold open for public inspection all records pertaining to the provisions of this chapter.
2. Review permit applications to determine whether the proposed building site will be reasonably safe from flooding.
3. Review, approve or deny all applications for development permits required by adoption of this chapter.
4. 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 USC 1334) from which prior approval is required.
5. Where interpretation is needed as to the exact location of the boundaries of the areas of special flood hazard (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.
6. Notify, in riverine situations, adjacent communities and the state coordinating agency, which is 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.
7. Assure that the flood carrying capacity within the altered or relocated portion of any watercourse is maintained.
8. When base flood elevation data has not been provided in accordance with subsection 12-1-5B of this chapter, the floodplain administrator shall obtain, review and reasonably utilize any base flood elevation data and floodway data available from a federal, state or other sources, in order to administer the provisions of sections 12-1-8 through 12-1-12 of this chapter.
9. 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 A1-30 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 foot (1') at any point within the community. (Ord. 2717, 6-2-1987)
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