18.48.050 Duties and responsibilities of the local administrator.
The city planner shall administer and implement this chapter by granting or denying development permit applications in accordance with its provisions. Duties shall include, but not be limited to:
(1) Make interpretations, where needed, as to location of the boundaries of the areas of special flood hazards.
(2) Review all development permits to determine that the permit requirements and conditions of this chapter have been satisfied.
(3) Review all development permits to determine that all necessary permits have been obtained from those federal, state, or local governmental agencies from which prior approval is required.
(4) Review all development permits to determine if the proposed development is located in the floodway. If located in the floodway, assure that the encroachment provisions of NBCC 18.48.130(1) are met.
(5) Notify adjacent communities, the Department of Land Conservation and Development and other appropriate state and federal agencies prior to any alteration or relocation of a watercourse, and submit evidence of such notification to the Federal Insurance Administration as required in subsection (6) of this section.
(6) Notify FEMA within six months of project completion when an applicant had obtained a conditional letter of map revision (CLOMR) from FEMA, or when development altered a watercourse, modified floodplain boundaries, or modified base flood elevations. This notification shall be provided as a letter of map revision (LOMR).
(a) The property owner shall be responsible for preparing technical data to support the LOMR application and paying any processing or application fees to FEMA.
(b) The floodplain administrator shall be under no obligation to sign the community acknowledgment form, which is part of the CLOMR/LOMR application, until the applicant demonstrates that the project will meet or has met the requirements of this code and all applicable state and federal laws.
(7) Require that maintenance is provided within the altered or relocated portion of said watercourse so that the flood carrying capacity is not diminished.
(8) Obtain and record the actual elevation in relation to mean sea level of the lowest floor including basements and below-grade crawlspaces of all new or substantially improved structures, and whether or not the structure contains a basement.
(9) For all new or substantially improved flood proofed structures where base flood elevation data is provided through the FIS and FIRM:
(a) Verify and record the actual elevation in relation to mean sea level; and
(b) Maintain the flood proofing certifications required in NBCC 18.48.040(3).
(10) Maintain for public inspection all records pertaining to the provisions of this chapter. (Ord. 2027 § 1, 2018)