Duluth UDC § 832.02

Duties of the Planning and Development Director shall include, but shall not be limited to: 1. Review all development applications and permits to ensure that the requirements of this Article have been satisfied and to determine whether proposed building sites will be reasonably safe from flooding; 2. Require that copies of all necessary permits from governmental agencies from which approval is required by federal or state law, including but not limited to Section 404 of the Clean Water Act Amendments of 1972, 33 U.S.C. 1334, be provided and maintained on file; 3. When base flood elevation data or floodway data have not been provided, then the Director of the Planning and Development Department shall require the applicant to obtain, review and reasonably utilize any base flood elevation and floodway data available from a federal, state, or other sources in order to meet the provisions of Section 836 and Section 837; 4. Review and record the actual elevation in relation to mean sea level (or highest adjacent grade) of the lowest floor, including basement, of all new or substantially improved structures; 5. Review and record the actual elevation, in relation to mean sea level to which any substantially improved structures have been flood-proofed; 6. When flood-proofing is utilized for a non-residential structure, the Director of the Planning and Development Department shall obtain certification of design criteria from a registered professional engineer or architect; 231 | P a g e Article Eight. Environmental Protection 7. Notify affected adjacent communities and the state 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 (FEMA); 8. Where interpretation is needed as to the exact location of boundaries of the areas of special flood hazard (e.g., where there appears to be a conflict between a mapped boundary and actual field conditions) the Director of the Planning and Development Department shall make the necessary interpretation. Any person contesting the location of the boundary shall be given a reasonable opportunity to appeal the interpretation as provided in this Article. Where floodplain elevations have been defined, the floodplain shall be determined based on flood elevations rather than the area graphically delineated on the floodplain maps; and, 9. All records pertaining to the provisions of this Article shall be maintained in the office of the Director of the Planning and Development Department and shall be open for public inspection; and, 10. Coordinate all FIRM revisions with GA DNR and FEMA; and, 11. Review variance applications and make recommendations to the Zoning Board of Appeals.