1974 RES APPLYING FOR FLOOD INSURANCE IN MINNESOTA

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- e e CITY OF ELK RIVER RESOLUTION APPLYING FOR FLOOD INSURANCE IN MINNESOTA WHEREAS, certain ares of the City of Elk River are subject to periodic flooding from the Mississippi and Elk Rivers causing serious damages to properties within these areas; and ~~EREAS, relief is available in the form of flood insurance as authorized by the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 as amended; ~d ~~EREAS, it is the intent of this COUNCIL to comply with land use and management criteria regulations as required in said act; and ~~EREAS, it is also the intent of this COUNCIL to recognize and duly evaluate flood hazards in all official actions relating to land use in the flood plain areas having special flood hazards; and ~~EREAS, the Code Citation(s) of State enabling legislation and of any resulting local ordinance that authorizes this city of Elk River to adopt land use and control measures are: Minn. Statutes Sections 394.01 et ~g and 505.09 to 505.13 (counties)t Minn. Statutes 462.351~ 462.363 (cities, villages boroughs); Minn. Statutes, C. 104 (Flood Plain Management Act); and City of Elk River Zoning and Subdivision Ordinances. 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 hazards, adequate land use and control measures with effective enforce- ment provisions consistent with the criteria set forth in Section 1910 of the National Flood Insurance Program Regulations; and (2) Vests Zoning Administrator or Mayor with the responsibility, authority, and means to: (a) Delineate or assist the Administrator, at his request, in delineating th.e limits of the areas having special flood 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. (c) Cooperate with Federal, State, and local agencies and private firms which undertake to study, survey, map, and identify flood plain areas, and cooperate with neighboring Counties and Communities with respect to management of adjoining flood plain areas in order to prevent aggravation of existing hazards.