HomeMy WebLinkAboutTo enable residents and/or property owners of the City of South Bend to apply for low cost federal flood insurance RESOLUTION
288-71
Passed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana,
November 8, 19 71
Attest: City Clerk
Attest: President of Common Council.
Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of South Bend, Indiana
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City Clerk
Approved and signed by me 19
Mayor
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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.
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(3) Take such other official action as may be reason-
ably necessary to carry out the objectives of the program.
Such actions will include, but not be limited to:
(a) Assisting the Federal Insurance Administrator,
at his request, in delineating the limits of the flood
plains (s) having special flood hazards on available local
maps of sufficient scale to identify the location of the
building sites.
(b) After flood insurance is made available, fur-
nishing representatives of the National Flood Insurers
Associations (also appropriate Federal agencies, upon request)
and the Department of Natural Resources of the State of
Indiana, information concerning new or substantially improved
structures within the areas of special flood hazards. This
information will include floor elevations (Mean Sea Level
Datum, General Adjustment of 1929) and, if there is a base-
ment, the distance between the first floor and the bottom of
the lowest opening where water flowing on the ground may enter.
(c) Cooperating with Federal, State, Local agencies
or others who will undertake to study, survey, map and identify
flood-prone areas as well as cooperating with contiguous areas
or jurisdictions with respect to adjoining and adjacent flood
plains in order to prevent aggravation of the flooding problems.
(d) Providing the name of the individual and the
office that will be responsible for furnishing the first floor
elevation information.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this Common Council hereby
appoints the Board of Public Works and Safety with the respon-
sibility, authority and means to implemen the commitments
made herein.
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Member of the Common Council
1st & 2nd READING 10-11-71
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
TUBLIC HEARING 11-8-71 Continue Public Hearing
3rd READING
NOT APPROVED
REFERRED
PASSED 11-8-71