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RESOLUTION
(APPLICATION FOR FLOOD INSURANCE)
WHEREAS, certain areas of the City of Rexburg are
subject to periodic flooding from the Teton River, causing
serious damages 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 this City Council to
require the recognition and evaluation of flood hazards in all
official actions relating to land use in the flood plain areas
having special flood hazards; and
WHEREAS, this body has the legal authority to adopt
land use and control measures to reduce future flood losses
pursuant to state law;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that this CITY 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 enforcement provisions consistent with
the Criteria set forth in Section 1910 of the National Flood
Insurance Program Regulations; and
2. Vests City of Rexburg, REXBURG CITY BUILDING
INSPECTOR, with the responsibility, authority, and means to:
(a) Delineate or. assist the Administrator, at his
request, in delineating the 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.
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to minimize flood damage, (ii) all public utilities and
facilities, such as sewer, gas, electrical and water systems
are located, elevated, and constructed to minimize or eliminate
flood damage, and (iii) adequate drainage is provided so as
to reduce exposure to flood hazards; and
3. That the CITY BUILDING INSPECTOR shall require new
or replacement water supply systems and/or sanitary sewage
systems to be designed to minimize or eliminate infiltration
of flood waters into the systems and discharges from the systems
into flood waters, and require on-site waste disposal systems
to be located so as to avoid impairment of them or contamination
from them during flooding, '
PASSED BY THE COUNCIL AND APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this
21st day of May® 1975,
ATTEST:
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City C,lerlc.
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John ~. Porter, Mayor,
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