197 Flood Erosion Hazards RE90LtlTION N0. 197
WF~REAS, certain areas of Ye]m are subject to periodic flooding, mudslides
( i. e. mudf lows or f lood-related eros ion , caus ing serious darra ges to
properties within these areas; and
WI~REAS, relief is available in the form of Federally subsidized flood
insurance as authorized by the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968;
and
WHERE,AS, it is the intent of this Council to require the recognition
and evaluation of flood, mudslide (i.e., mudflow), or flood-related
erosion hazards in all official actions relating to land use in areas
having these hazards; and
WI~REAS, this body has the legal authority to adopt land use and control
measures to reduce future flood losses pursuant to
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 in those areas having flood, mudslide
(i.e., mudflow), or flood-related erosion hazards, adequate land use
and control measures with effective enforcement provisions consistent
with i:he Criteria set forth in Section 1910 of the National Flood Insurance
Program Regulations; and
2. Vests the Town of Yelm with the responsibility, authority, and means
to:
a. Assist the Administrator, at his request, in his delineation
of the limits of the area having special flood, mudslide (i.e.,
mudflow), or flood-related erosion hazards.
b. Provide such information as the Administrator may request concern-
ing present uses and occupancy of the flood plain, mudslide (i.e.,
mudflow) or flood-related erosion areas.
c. Cooperate with Federal, State and local agencies and private
firms which undertake to study, survey, map and identify flood plain,
mudsiide (i.e., mudflow), or flood-related erosion areas, and cooperate
with neighboring comnunities with respect to management of adjoining
flood plain, mudslide (i.e., mudflow) and/or flood-related erosion
areas in order to prevent ag~avation of existing hazards.
d. Submit on the anniversary date of the corrmunity's initial eligibility
an annual report to the Administrator on the proc~ess made during
the past year within the community in the development and implement-
ation of flood plain manager~nt measures.
e. Upon occurrence, notify the Administrator in writing whenever
the boundaries of the com~nunity have been ~rodified by annexation
or the community has otherwise assumed or no longer has authority
to adopt and enforce floodplain management regulations for a part-
iculat area. In order that all Flood Hazard Boundary Maps and Flood
Insurance Rate Maps accurately represent the community's boundaries,
include within such notification a copy of a map of the conmunity
suitable for reproduction, clearly delineating the new corporate
limits or new area for which the community has assumed or relinquished
flood plain management regulatory authority.
f. Appoints the Town of Yelm to maintain for public inspection
and to furnish upon request, for the determination of applicable
flood insurance risk premium rates within all areas having special
flood hazards identified on a Flood Hazard Boundary Map or Flood
Insurance Rate Map, any certificates of flood-proofing, and information
~ on the elevation (in relation to mean sea level) of the level of
the lowest habitable floor (including basement if habitable) of
all new or substantially improved structures, and include whether
or not such structures contain a basement, and if the structure
has been floodproofed the elevation (in relation to mean sea level)
to which the structure was floodproofed;
4. A~ees to take such other official action as may be reasonably necessary
to carry out the objectives of the pro~am.
Passed by a majority vote of the Yelm Town Council of the~''I- - day of
, 1988.
ATTEST :
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Mayor, Towr~ of Yelm
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