Resolution - 6598RESOLUTION NO. 6598
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, APPLYING
• FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE NATIONAL FLOOD
INSURANCE PROGRAM.
WHEREAS, Flood hazard protection is available in the
form of Federally subsidized flood insurance as authorized by
the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968; and
WHEREAS, this body has the legal authority to adopt
land use and control measures to reduce future flood losses
pursuant to STATE LAW.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that this COUNCIL
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 the CITY ENGINEER 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 ad-
joining flood plain and/or mudslide areas in order to prevent
aggr,evation of existing hazards.
(d) Submit on the anniversary date of the com-
munity'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 the BUILDING OFFICIAL 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 in 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.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this
1982.
27th day of September ,
-.I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was
duly adopted by the City Council of the City of West Covina
at a regualr meeting. thereof held on the 27th day of September.
1982, by the following vote of the Council:
AYES: Councilmen:
Bacon, Tennant, Shearer, Chappell, Tice
NOES: Councilmen:
None
ABSENT: Councilmen: None
ATTEST:
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APPROVED AS TO FOR?,`:
City Attorney
Mayor
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City Clerk