8415-93 Amending Chapter 21 Zoning Floodplain Regulations

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(4) Maintain a record of the "as built" elevation of the top of the lowest floor, including basement, of all new and/or substantially improved buildings or structures constructed in the Special Flood Hazard Area. Inspect the buildings and structures before, during and after construction. (5) Maintain a record of the engineer's certificate and the "as built" floodproofed elevation of all buildings subject to Section 21-183 of this Ordinance. (6) Cooperate with state and federal floodplain management agencies to improve base flood and floodway data and to improve the administration of this Ordinance. Submit reports as required for the National Flood Insurance Program. (7) Maintain for public inspection and furnish upon request regulatory flood data, Special Flood Hazard Area maps, Letters of Map Amendment, Letters of Map Revisions, copies of Indiana Department of Natural Resources permits and letters of recommendation, federal permit documents, and "as built" elevation and floodproofing data for all buildings constructed subject to this Ordinance. Sec. 21-180. REGULATORY FLOOD ELEVATION. (a) This ordinance's protection standard is the regulatory flood. The best available regulatory flood data is listed below. Whenever a party disagrees with "the best available data," the party submitting the detailed engineering study needs to replace existing data with "better data" and submit it to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources for review and approval. (b) The Regulatory Flood Elevation for each Special Flood Hazard Area delineated as an "AH Zone" or an "AO Zone" shall be that elevation, or depth, delineated on the Flood Insurance Rate Maps of the City of South Bend. (c) The Regulatory Flood Elevation for each of the remaining Special Flood Hazard Areas delineated as an "A" Zone on the Flood Insurance Rate Maps of the City of South Bend shall be according to the "best data available" as provided by the Department of Natural Resources. (d) The regulatory flood elevation and floodway limits for the Special Flood Hazard Areas of those parts of unincorporated St. Joseph County that are annexed into the City of South Bend shall be as delineated on the 100 year profiles in the Flood Insurance Study of the County dated February 17, 1988, and the corresponding Flood Boundary and Floodway Maps and Flood Insurance Rate Maps dated February 18, 1988, prepared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. (e) If the Special Flood Hazard Area is delineated as "AH Zone or AO Zone," the elevation, or depth, will be delineated an the City of South Bend's Flood Insurance Map. If the Special Flood Hazard Area is delineated as "Zone A" on the City of South Bend's Flood Insurance Map, the regulatory flood elevation shall be according to the "best data available" as provided by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. Sec. 21-181. IMPROVEMENT LOCATION PERMIT (a) No person, firm, corporation, or governmental body not exempted by state law shall commence any development in the Special Flood Hazard Area without first obtaining an Improvement Location Permit from the Zoning Administrator. The Zoning Administrator shall not issue an Improvement Location Permit if the development does not meet the requirements of this Ordinance. (1) The application for an Improvement Location Permit shall be accompanied by the following: a. A description of the proposed development. b. Location of the proposed development sufficient to accurately locate property and structure in relation to existing roads and streams. c. A legal description of the subject property.