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Section 8-15 Duties and responsibilities of the chief building official.

Duties of the chief building official shall include, but not be limited to:

(1) Review all development permits to ensure that the permit requirements of this chapter have been satisfied.

(2) Advise permittee that additional federal or state permits may be required, and, if specific federal or state permit requirements are known, require that copies of such permits be provided and maintained on file with the development permit.

(3) Notify adjacent communities and the environmental protection division of the department of natural resources prior to any alteration or relocation of a watercourse, and submit evidence of such notification to the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

(4) Assure that maintenance is provided within the altered or relocated portion of such watercourse so that the flood-carrying capacity is not diminished.

(5) Verify and record the actual elevation, in relation to mean sea level, of the lowest floor, including basement, of all new or substantially improved structures, in accordance with subsection (2) of section 8-14.

(6) Verify and record the actual elevation, in relation to mean sea level, to which the new or substantially improved structures have been floodproofed, in accordance with subsection (2) of section 8-14.

(7) When floodproofing is utilized for a particular structure, the chief building official shall obtain certification from a registered professional engineer or architect, in accordance with subsection (2) of section 8-19.

(8) Where interpretation is needed as to the exact location of boundaries of the areas of special flood hazard (for example, where there appears to be a conflict between a mapped boundary and actual field conditions) the chief building official shall make the interpretation. The person contesting the location of the boundary shall be given a reasonable opportunity to appeal the interpretation as provided in this chapter.

(9) When base flood elevation data or floodway data have not been provided in accordance with section 8-7, then the chief building official shall obtain, review, and reasonably utilize any base flood elevation and floodway data available from a federal, state, or other source, in order to administer the provisions of this chapter.

(10) All records pertaining to the provisions of this ordinance shall be maintained in the office of the chief building official and shall be open for public inspection.

(Ord. of 6-22-87)