HomeMy WebLinkAboutR1976-13 Flood or Mudslide Hazards • RESOLUTION
Flood or Mudslide Hazards
WHEREAS , certain areas of the County are subject to periodic flooding (and/or
mudsl ides) from STREAMS and RIVERS, causing serious damages to properties
within these areas; and
• WHEREAS , relief is available in the form of Federally subsidized flood insurance
as authorized by the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968; and
WHEREAS , It is the intent of this BOARD to require the recognition and evaluation
of flood and/or mudslide hazards in all official actions relating to land use in the flood
plain (and/or mudslide) areas having special flood (and/or mudslide) hazards; and
WHEREAS, this body has the legal authority to adopt land use and control measures
to reduce future flood losses pursuant to Chapter 106, Article 2, Section 10, Colorado
Revised Statutes, 1963, as amended, and Chapter 30, Article 28, Section 113, Colorado
Revised Statutes, 1973, as amended;
NOW, THEREFORE , BE IT RESOLVED , that this BOARD hereby:
1. Assures the Federal Insurance Administration that it will enact as necessary, and
maintain in force for those areas having flood or mudslide hazards, adequate land use and
control measures with effective enforcement provisions consistent with the Criteria set
forth in Section 1910 of the National Flood Insurance Program Regulations; and
2. Vests Eagle County Department of Planning and Development with the responsibility,
authority, and means to:
• (a) Delineate or assist the Administrator, at his request, in delineating the limits
of the areas having special flood (and/or mudslide) hazards on available local maps of
sufficient scale to identify the location of building sites.
(b) Provide such information as the Administrator may request concerning present
uses and occupancy of the flood plain (and/or mudslide area) .
(c) Cooperate with Federal, State, and local agencies and private firms which
undertake to study, survey, map, and identify flood plain or mudslide areas, and cooperate
with neighboring communities with respect to management of adjoining flood plain and/or
mudslide areas in order to prevent aggravation of existing hazards.
(d) Submit on the anniversary date of the community's initial eligibility an annual
report to the Administrator on the progress made during the past year within the community
in the development and implementation of flood plain (and/or mudslide area) management
measures.
3. Appoints Eagle County Department of Planning and Development to maintain for
public inspection and to furnish upon request a record of elevations (in relation to mean sea
level) of the lowest floor (including basement) of all new or substantially improved
structures located on the special flood hazard areas. If the lowest floor is below grade on
one or more sides, the elevation of the floor immediately above must also be recorded.
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4. Agrees to take such other official action as may be reasonably necessary to carry
out the objectives of the program.
DONE AND SIGNED this ;zC day of 2/7/4„eit 1976.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF EAGLE COUNTY
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Dale F. Grant, Chairman
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• iel F. Koprin ar, Commissioner
Alfr d F. Orlosky, Commiss' r
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Maxwell R. Barz
County Clerk and
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ecorder '
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