92-13U
RESOLUTION NO. 92-13
STATE OF MINNESOTA - COUNTY OF WRIGHT _ CITY OF OTSEGO
WHEREAS, certain areas of the City of Otsego are subject to
periodic flooding, mudslides (i.e., mudflows), or flood -
related erosion, causing serious damages to properties within
these areas; and
WHEREAS, relief is available in the form of Federal
subsidized flood insurance as authorized by the National
Flood Insurance Act of 1968; and
WHEREAS, it is the intent of this City of Otsego Council
to 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 the Criteria
set forth in Section 59 et. seq., of the Natural Flood
Insurance Program Regulations; and
2. Vests the City of Otsego Zoning Administrator with the
responsibility, authority, and means to:
(a) Assist the Administrator, at his/her request, in
the delineation of the limits of the area having special
flood, mudslide, or flood -related erosion hazards.
(b) Provide information the Administrator may request
concerning present uses and occupancy of the flood
plain, mudslide or flood -related erosion areas.
(c) Cooperate with Federal, State, and local agencies
and private firms which undertake to study, survey, map
and identify floodplain, mudflow, or flood -related
erosion areas, and cooperate with neighboring
communities with respect to management of _adjoining
flood plain, mudslide and/or flood -related erosion areas
in order to prevent aggravation of existing hazards.
(d) Submit, on forms provided by the Administrator, an
annual report on the progress made during the past year
within the community in the development and
implementation.of floodplain management measures.
(e) Upon occurrence, notify the Administrator in
writing whenever the boundaries of the community have
been modified by annexation or the community has
otherwise assumed or no longer has authority to adopt
and enforce floodplain management regulations for a
particular area. Include an accurate corporate limit
map suitable for reproduction, clearly delineating the
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new corporate limits or new area for which the community
has assumed or relinquished flood plain management
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regulatory authority. The community will use the Flood
Insurance Rate Map or Flood Hazard Boundary Map
published for the community from which land areas were
annexed or from that political entity that previously
had regulatory authority until the Administrator
provides a map using the new corporate limits.
3. Appoints the City Zoning Administrator to maintain for
public inspection and to furnish upon request (for
determining flood insurance premium rates), the following
information on all new and substantially improved structures
constructed within the identified special flood hazard area:
a. The actual ( as -built) lowest floor ( including
basement) elevation in relation to mean sea level;
b. Any certificates of flood -proofing;
c. Whether or not a building has a basement;
d. For all floodproofed structures, the elevation to
which the structure has been floodproofed.
4. Agrees to take such other official action as may' -be
reasonable necessary to carry out the objectives of the
program.
Date Passed: February 10, 1992
Certification:
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