HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 81-13RESOLUTION NO.81-13
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF APACHE JUNCTION, ARIZONA,
AMENDING RESOLUTION 79-41 PERTAINING TO THE DEVELOPMENT
AND IMPLEMENTATION OF FLOOD PLAIN MANAGEMENT MEASURES IN
CONJUNCTION WITH THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
AND OTHER FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL AGENCIES:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL AS FOLLOWS:
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution 79-41, the Director of
Planning for the City of Apache Junction, Arizona, was vested with the
responsibility, authority and means to implement the Flood Insurance
Program, and
WHEREAS, the Zoning Administrator for the City of Apache
Junction, Arizona, is presently enforcing the requirements of the
Federal Emergency Management Agency, through the issuance of building
permits, and
WHEREAS, the responsibility, authority and means to manage such
a program should not be separated or duplicated by departments within
the City of Apache Junction, Arizona.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that this City Council hereby
amends Resolution 79-41 be deleting paragraphs 2 and 3 thereof in their
entirety and substituting in the place thereof the following provisions:
2.Vests and Zoning Administrator with the responsibility,
authority and means to:
a.Delineate or assist the Emergency Management Specialist,
as may be reasonably requested in delineating the
limits of the areas having special flood hazards on
available local maps of sufficient scale to identify the
location of building sites.
b.Provide such information as the Emergency Management
Specialist may reasonably request concerning present
uses and occupancy of the flood plain.
c.Cooperate reasonably with Federal, State and local
agencies and private firms (under contract to the
Federal Emergency Management Agency) which undertake
to study, survey, map, and identify flood plain areas,
and cooperate with neighboring communities with respect
to management of adjoining flood plain areas in order
to prevent aggravation of existing flood prone hazards.
d.Submit on the anniversary date of the community's initial
eligibility an annual report to the Administrator on the
progress made during the past year within the community
in the development and implementation of flood plain
management measures.
3.Appoints Zoning Administrator to maintain for public
inspection and to furnish upon request a record for
elevations (in relation to mean sea level) of the lowest
floor (including basement) of all new or substantially
improved structures located in the special flood hazard
areas.If the lowest floor is below grade on one or
more sides, the elevation of the floor immediately above
must be recorded.
ADOPTED AND PASSED by the City Council of the City of Apache
Junction this 5th day of August ,19 81
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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