The duties of the Director of Public Service and Safety under this chapter include, but are not limited to, the following:
(a) Permit Review. The Director of Public Service and Safety shall:
(1) Review all development permits to determine that the permit requirements of this chapter have been satisfied;
(2) Review all development permits to ensure that all necessary permits have been obtained from those Federal, State or local governmental agencies from which prior approval is required. The applicant is responsible for obtaining such permits as required.
(3) Review all development permits to determine if the proposed development is located within a designated floodway. Floodways are delineated in the Flood Boundary and Floodway Map or the Flood Insurance Rate Map of the Flood Insurance Study. Floodways may also be delineated in other sources of flood information. If the proposed development is located within a designated floodway, the Director of Public Service and Safety shall ensure that the encroachment provisions of Section 1476.17(a) are met.
(b) Use of Other Base Flood Data. Areas of special flood hazard where base flood elevation data have not been provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency are designated as Zone A on the community's Flood
(c) Information to be Obtained and Maintained. Where base flood elevation data are utilized within areas of special flood hazard on a community's Flood Insurance Rate Map (or Flood Hazard Boundary Map), regardless of the source of such data:
(1) Obtain and record the actual elevation, in relation to mean sea level, of the lowest floor, including the basement, of all new or substantially improved structures, and state whether or not such structures contain a basement;
(2) For all new or substantially improved floodproofed structures:
A. Verify and record the actual elevation, in relation to mean sea level, to which the structure was floodproofed; and
B. Maintain the floodproofing certifications required in Section 1476.11(a)(3); and
(3) Maintain for public inspection all records pertaining to this chapter.
(d) Alteration of Watercourses. The Director of Public Service and Safety shall:
(1) Notify adjacent communities and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Water, prior to any alteration or relocation of a watercourse, and submit evidence of such notification to the Federal Emergency Management Agency; and
(2) Require that necessary maintenance will be provided for by the applicant, for the altered or relocated portion of such watercourse, so that the flood carrying capacity will not be diminished.
(e) Interpretation of Flood Boundaries. The Director of Public Service and Safety shall make interpretations, where 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). Where a map boundary and elevations disagree, the elevations delineated in the flood elevation profile shall prevail. The person contesting the location of the boundary shall be given a reasonable opportunity to appeal the interpretation as provided in Section 1476.14.
(Ord. 89-33. Passed 9-6-89.)