ORD-2005-127 - Ordinance Amending the County Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance

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17 d. If a watercourse is to be altered or relocated, a description of the extent of watercourse alteration or relocation; an engineering report on the effects of the proposed project on the flood - carrying capacity of the watercourse and the effects to properties located both upstream and downstream; and a map, drawn to scale, showing the location of the proposed watercourse alteration or relocation shall all be submitted by the permit applicant prior to issuance of a floodplain development permit. e. Certification Exemptions. The following structures, if located within Zone A, AO, AE or Al -30, are exempt from the elevation/flood proofing certification requirements specified in items a. and b. above: i. Recreational vehicles meeting requirements of Section 4- 92(4); ii. Temporary structures meeting requirements of Section 42- 92(6); and iii. Accessory Structures with any dimension that is twelve feet or greater in height, width, or depth, meeting requirements of Section 42- 92(7). (Ord. of 8 -28- 1995, § 4.2, eff. 8 -28 -1995, Ord. of 10 -03 -2005, eff. 10 -03 -2005) Sec. 42 -69. Duties and responsibilities of the floodplain administrator. Duties of the Floodplain Administrator shall include, but not be limited to: 1. Review all floodplain development applications and issue permits for all proposed development within flood prone areas to ensure that the requirements of this Ordinance have been satisfied. 2. Advise permittee that additional Federal or State permits (i.e., Wetlands, Erosion and Sedimentation Control, Riparian Buffers, Mining, etc.) may be required, and if specific Federal or State permits are known, require that copies of such permits be provided and maintained on file with the floodplain development permit. 3. Notify adjacent communities and the North Carolina Department of Crime Control and Public Safety, Division of Emergency Management, State Coordinator for the NFIP prior to any alteration or relocation of a watercourse, and submit evidence of such notification to FEMA. 4. Ensure that maintenance is provided within the altered or relocated portion of said watercourse so that the flood - carrying capacity is not diminished. 5. Prevent encroachments within floodways and non - encroachment areas unless the certification and flood hazard reduction provisions comply with Section 42 -93. 6. Obtain actual elevation (in relation to mean sea level) of the reference level (including basement) of all attendant utilities of all new or substantially improved structures, according to Section 42- 68(3).