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RESOLUTION NO. 335
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF ROLLING HILLS SETTING FORTH
THE INFORMATION REQUIRED BY CHAPTER X OF THE NATIONAL
FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM, SUBCHAPTER B, PART 19092 SECTION
1909.22, ENTITLED "PREREQUISITES FOR THE SALE OF FLOOD
INSURANCE"
WHEREAS, certain areas of the City of Rolling Hills, California
are subject to periodic flooding and/or mudslides from surface waters,
causing serious damage to properties within these areas; and
WHEREAS, relief is available in the form -of Federally subsidized
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
Rolling Hills to require the recognition and evaluation of flood and/or
mudslide hazards in all official actions relating to land use in the
flood plain and/or mudslide areas having special flood acid/or mudslide
hazards; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Rolling Hills has the
legal attthority to adopt land use and control measures to reduce.future
flood losses pursuant to Ordinance No. 104 of the City of Rolling Hills
entitled AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY.OF ROLLING HILLS
AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 6, THE BUILDING CODE,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the
City of Rolling Hills hereby
1. Assures the Federal Insurance Administration that it will
enact as necessary, and maintain in force those areas having flood or
mudslide hazards, adequate land use and control measures with effective
enforcement provisions consistent with the Criteria set forth in Section
1910 of the National Flood Insurance Program Regulations; and
2. Vests the City Engineer with the responsibility, authority
and means to:
(A) Delineate or assist the Administrator, at his reuest, in
delineating the limits of the areas having special flood and= mud-
slide 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 and/or mud-
slide area;
(C) Cooperate with Federal, State and local agencies and private
firms which undertake to study, survey, map and identify flood plain or
mudslide areas, and cooperate with neighboring communities with respect
to management of adjoining flood plain and/or mudslide areas in order
to prevent aggravation of.existing hazards; and
(D) Submit"on the anniversary date of the community's initial
eligibility, an annual report to the Administrator on the progress
made during the past year within the community in the development and
implementation of flood plain and/or mudslide area.management measures;
3. Appoints the City Engineer to naintain for public -inspec-
tion and to furnish upon request a record of elevations (in relation
to mean sea level) of the lowest floor (including basement) of all
new or substantially improved structures located in the special flood
hazard areas. If the lowest floor is below grade on one or more sides,
the elevation of the floor immediately above must also be recorded.
4. Agrees to take such other official action as may be reason-
ably.necessary to carry out the,°objectives.of the program.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 24th day of March, 1975.
/s/ T. F. Heinsheimer
' Mayor
I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly
adopted by the City Council -of the City of Rolling Hills
at a regular meeting thereof on the 24th day of March,
1975 by the following vote of the Council:
AYES:' Councilmembers Crocker, Le Conte, Pernell, Rose
Mayor Heinsheimer
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