1365.01 Designation of Floodplain Administrator.
1365.02 Duties and responsibilities of Floodplain Administrator.
1365.03 Floodplain permits.
1365.04 Application required.
1365.05 Review and approval of floodplain permit application.
1365.06 Inspections.
1365.07 Post-construction certifications required.
1365.08 Revoking a floodplain permit.
1365.09 Exemption from filing a floodplain permit.
1365.10 Map maintenance activities.
1365.11 Data use and flood map interpretation.
1365.12 Substantial damage determinations.
The duties and responsibilities of the Floodplain Administrator shall include but are not limited to:
(a) Evaluate applications for permits to develop in special flood hazard areas.
(b) Interpret floodplain boundaries and provide flood hazard and flood protection elevation information.
(c) Issue permits to develop in special flood hazard areas when the provisions of these regulations have been met, or refuse to issue the same in the event of noncompliance.
(d) Inspect buildings and lands to determine whether any violations of these regulations have been committed.
(e) Permanently keep all records for public inspection necessary for the administration of these regulations including Flood Insurance Rate Maps, Letters of Map Amendment and Revision, records of issuance and denial of permits to develop in special flood hazard areas, determinations of whether development is in or out of special flood hazard areas for the purpose of issuing floodplain development permits, elevation certificates, variances, and records of enforcement actions taken for violations of these regulations.
(f) Enforce the provisions of these regulations.
(g) Provide information, testimony, or other evidence as needed during variance hearings.
(h) Coordinate map maintenance activities and FEMA follow-up.
(i) Conduct substantial damage determinations to determine whether existing structures, damaged from any source and in special flood hazard areas identified by FEMA, must meet the development standards of these regulations.
(Ord. 2007-25. Passed 5-21-07; Ord. 2013-14. Passed 3-18-13.)
A floodplain permit shall be required for any development in the floodplain. It shall be unlawful for any person to conduct any development activity, including, but not limited to, filling; grading; construction; alteration, remodeling, or expanding any structure; temporary or permanent storage of equipment or materials, or alteration of any watercourse wholly within, partially within or in contact with any identified special flood hazard area, as established in Section 1361.06, until a floodplain permit is obtained from the Floodplain Administrator. Such floodplain permit shall show that the proposed development activity is in conformity with the provisions of these regulations. No such permit shall be issued by the Floodplain Administrator until the requirements of these regulations have been met.
(Ord. 2016-05. Passed 2-21-16.)
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