A.

The General Manager of the Department of Land Use, or his or her designee, is hereby designated as the Floodplain Administrator under this Code.

B.

Duties and responsibilities of the Floodplain Administrator. The duties and responsibilities of the Floodplain Administrator shall include but are not limited to:

1.

Coordinate with the Building Official to support administration, interpretation, and enforcement of the flood load and flood-resistant construction provisions of the building code.

2.

Review applications for permits to determine whether proposed activities will be located in special flood hazard areas.

3.

Interpret floodplain boundaries and provide flood elevation and flood hazard information.

4.

Advise applicants for new construction or substantial improvement of structures that are located on any coastal barrier within the Coastal Barrier Resources System established by the Coastal Barrier Resources Act that federal flood insurance is not available on such structures; areas subject to this limitation are shown on flood insurance rate maps as identified undeveloped coastal barriers or Otherwise Protected Areas.

5.

Review applications to determine whether proposed activities will be reasonably safe from flooding.

6.

Review applications to determine whether all necessary permits have been obtained from those Federal, state or local agencies from which prior or concurrent approval is required.

7.

Verify that applicants proposing to alter or relocate a watercourse have notified adjacent communities and the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (Division of Watershed Stewardship), and have submitted copies of such notifications to the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

8.

Issue permits to develop in special flood hazard areas when the provisions of these regulations have been met, or disapprove the same in the event of noncompliance.

9.

Inspect special flood hazard areas to determine compliance with these regulations or to determine if noncompliance has occurred or violations have been committed.

10.

Review submitted elevation certificates for completeness.

11.

Submit to FEMA data and information necessary to maintain flood hazard maps, including hydrologic and hydraulic engineering analyses prepared by or for New Castle County, corrections to labeling or planimetric details, etc.

12.

Maintain and permanently keep all records for public inspection that are necessary for the administration of these regulations including flood insurance rate maps, letters of map amendment and revision, records of issuance and denial of permits, determinations of whether development is in or out of special flood hazard areas for the purpose of issuing permits, elevation certificates, other required certifications, variances, and records of enforcement actions taken for violations of these regulations.

13.

Enforce the provisions of these regulations.

14.

Assist with and coordinate flood hazard map maintenance activities.

15.

Conduct with the Building Official, determinations as to whether existing buildings and structures damaged by any cause and located in special flood hazard areas, have been substantially damaged.

16.

Make reasonable efforts to notify owners of substantially damaged buildings and structures of the need to obtain a permit prior to repair, rehabilitation, or reconstruction, and to prohibit the non-compliant repair of substantially-damaged buildings except for temporary emergency protective measures necessary to secure a property or stabilize a structure to prevent additional damage.

17.

Undertake, as determined appropriate by the Floodplain Administrator due to the circumstances, other actions which may include but are not limited to: issuing press releases, public service announcements, and other public information materials related to permit requests and repair of damaged structures; coordinating with other Federal, state, and local agencies to assist with substantial damage determinations; providing owners of damaged structures materials and other information related to the proper repair of damaged structures in special flood hazard areas; and assisting owners with National Flood Insurance Program claims for Increased Cost of Compliance payments.

18.

Notify the Federal Emergency Management Agency when the boundaries of the County have been modified.

(Ord. No. 97-172, § 3(ch. 13, § 30.440), 12-31-1997; Ord. No. 14-126, § 10, 1-13-2015)

Cross reference— Administration, ch. 2; officers and employees, ch. 2, art. 3.