To enable residents and/or property owners of the City of South Bend to apply for low cost federal flood insurance

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K RESOLUTION NO. 288-71 A RESOLUTION TO ENABLE RESIDENTS AND/OR PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND TO APPLY FOR LOW COST FEDERAL FLOOD INSURANCE. WHEREAS, certain areas of the City of South Bend, Indiana, are subject to periodic flooding from the St. Joseph River and its tributaries, causing serious damages to properties within these areas; and WHEREAS, relief is available in the form of Flood Insurance as authorized by the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 as amended; and WHEREAS, the City of South Bend, Indiana has the authority to adopt the land use and management criteria as required by the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended, in accordance with Indiana Code 1971, Title 18, Article 7, Chapter 7 (formerly Chapter 174, Acts of 1947, as amended) or Indiana Code 1971, Title 18, Article 7, Chapter 4 (formerly Chapter 138, Acts of 1957, as amended) ; and WHEREAS, it is the intent of this City of South Bend, Indiana to comply with land use and management criteria regulations as required in said National Flood Insurance Act; and WHEREAS, it is also the intent of this City of South Bend, Indiana to recognize and duly evaluate flood hazards in all official actions relating to land use in the flood plain areas having special flood hazards; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana hereby assures the Federal Insurance Administration that it will take proper action as follows: (1) Enact by December 1, 1971, and maintain in force for those areas, adequate land use and control measures with effective enforcement provisions consistent with the criteria set forth in Section 1910 of the National Flood Insurance Regulations; and (2) If necessary, seek State enabling legislation con- ferring authority to enact land use and control measures designed to reduce the exposure of property to flood loss; and FILED IN CLERK'S OFFICE OCT 5 1971 KATHRYN L. BLOUGH CITY CLERK, SOUTH BEND, IND.