The Commissioner of Public Works and the Director
of Planning, Zoning and Development are each hereby appointed as local
administrator to administer and implement this chapter by granting
or denying floodplain development permits in accordance with its provisions.
The duties and responsibilities of the local
administrator are as set forth in the following sections of this article.
The local administrator shall conduct the following
permit application review before issuing a floodplain development
permit:
A. Review all applications for completeness, particularly with the requirements of §
95-11 of this chapter, and for compliance with the provisions and standards of this chapter.
B. Review subdivision and other proposed new development, including manufactured home parks, to determine whether proposed building sites will be reasonably safe from flooding. If a proposed building site is located in an area of special flood hazard, all new construction and substantial improvements shall meet the applicable standards of Article
IV of this chapter.
C. Determine whether any proposed development in an area of special flood hazard may result in physical damage to any other property (e.g., stream bank erosion and increased flood velocities). The local administrator may require the applicant to submit additional technical analyses and data necessary to complete the determination. If the proposed development may result in physical damage to any other property or fails to meet the requirements of Article
IV of this chapter, no permit shall be issued. The applicant may revise the application to include measures that mitigate or eliminate the adverse effects and resubmit the application.
D. Determine that all necessary permits have been received
from those governmental agencies from which approval is required by
state or federal law.
F. Alteration of watercourses. The local administrator
shall:
G. Construction stage. The local administrator shall:
J. Certificate of compliance.
K. Information to be retained.
The local administrator and/or the developer's
engineer or architect shall make periodic inspections at appropriate
times throughout the period of construction in order to monitor compliance
with permit conditions and enable said inspector to certify, if requested,
that the development is in compliance with the requirements of the
floodplain development permit and/or any variance provisions.