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ORDINANCE NO
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING COMMITMENTS BY THE CITY
OF MARYSVILLE TO ENACT SUCH ORDINANCES AND PRO-
GRAMS ~S ARE NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT FLOOD
INSURANCE PROGRAMS REQUIRED BY THE NATIONAL
FLOOD INSURANCE ACT of 1968,AND VESTING THE CITY
ADMINISTRATOR AND BUILDING OFFICIAL WITH CERTAIN
RESPONSIBILlTIES FOR THE COORDINATION AND ADMINIS-
TRATION OF SUCH pROGRAMS
WHEREAS,certaIn areas of the CIty of MarysvIlle,WashIng-
ton are subJect to perIodIc floodIng from streams and rIvers causIng
serIous damage to propertIes wIthIn these areas,and
WHEREAS,rrellef IS avaIlable In the form of federally sub-
sIdIzed flood Insurance as authorIzed by the NatIonal Flood Insurance
Act of 1968,and
WHEREAS,It IS the Intent of the CIty CouncIl of the CIty
of MarysvIlle to requIre the recognItIon and evaluatIon of flood
hazards In all offIcIal actIons related to land use and flood plaIn
areas having specIal flood hazards,and
WHEREAS,thIS body has the legal authorIty to adopt land
use and control measures to reduce future flood losses pursuant to
RCW 86 16 160,Now,Therefore,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE,WASHINGTON,
DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS.
SectIon 1 The CIty CouncIl assures the Federal Insurance
AdmInIstration that It WIll enact as necessary and maIntaIn In
force for those areas haVIng flood hazards,adequate land use and
control measures WIth effectIve enforcement prOVISIons conSIstent WIth
the crIterIa set forth In SectIon 1910 of the NatIonal Flood Insur-
ance Program RegulatIons,and
SectIon 2 The CIty CounCIl vests the CIty AdmInIstrator
with the responsIbIlIty,authorIty and means to
(a)DelIneate or aSSIst the Federal Insurance AdmInIS-
trator,at hIS request,In delIneatIng the lImIts of the
areas haVIng speCIal flood hazards on avaIlable local
maps of suffICIent scale to IdentIfy the locatIon of
bUIlding SItes.
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(b)PrOVIde such InformatIon as the Federal Insurance
AdmInIstrator may request concernIng present uses and
occupancy of the flood plaIn.
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(c)Cooperate w1th federal,stat~and local agenc1es
and pr1vate f1rms wh1ch undertake to study,survey,map
and 1dent1fy flood pla1n areas,and cooperate w1th
ne1ghbor1ng commun1t1es w1th respect to management or
the adJo1n1ng flood pla1n areas 1n order to prevent
aggravat10n of eX1st1ng hazards
Cd)Subm1t on the ann1versary date of the C1ty'S legal
el1g1b1l1ty an annual report to the Federal Insurance
Adm1n1strator on the progress made dur1ng the past year
w1th1n the C1ty and the development and 1mplementat1on
of flood pla1n management measures
Sect10n 3 The C1ty Counc11 hereby appo1nts the C1ty Ad-
min1strator and the C1ty BU1ld1ng Inspector to ma1nta1n for publ1C
lnspect10n and to furn1sh upon request a record of elevat10ns (In
relat10n to mean sea level)of the lowest floor (lnclud1ng basement)
of all new or substant1ally 1mproved structures located 1n the
specla1 flood hazard areas If the lowest floor 1S below grade on
one or more sldes,the elevat10n of the floor 1mmed1ately above must
also be recorded
Sect10n 4 The C1ty Counc11 agrees to take such other
off1C1al action as may be reasonably necessary to carry out the obJec-
tlves of the program
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Attest
PASSED by the C1ty Counc11 and APPROVED by the Mayor th1S
day of ~,1974
CITY OF MARYSVILLE
BYxl~~~
Clty Cler
APPROVED AS TO FORM
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