0135 RESOLT'TTON NUMBER 135 -73
WHEREAS, certain areas of the City of Jacksonville, Ark-
ansas are subiect to periodic flooding from various streams
causing serious damages to residential properties within
these areas; and
W1- EREAS, relief is available in the form of flood insurance
as authorized by the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968
as amended; and
WHEREAS, it is the intent of this Council to comply t>ith land
use and management criteria regulations as required in said
net; and
WHEREAS, it is also the intent of this Council to recognize
and duly evml.u? rte flood hazards in all official actions re-
lating to land use in the flood plain areas having special
flood haz and
WHEREAS, the Code Citation(s) of any state enabling legislation
and of any resulting county, city, town or village ordinance
that authorizes this City to adopt land use and control men-
sures are Act. 629 of n69 of the State of Arkansas (Ark.
Statutes 21 - 1901 through 21 1304) and ordinance A 213 of the
City of Jacksonville.
NOU, TUER "•FORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that this Council hereby as-
sures the Federal insurance Administration that it takes the
following legislative action:
(1) Appoints the 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.
(h) Provide such information as the Administrator
ma,v request concerning _,resent uses and occupancy of the _flood
plain area.
(c) Maintain For public inspection and furnS.shing
upon request, with respect to each arca having special flood
hazards, information on elevnttons (in relation to mean sea
level) of the lowest floors of all new or substantially im-
proved structures; and
(d) Cooperate with Federal, State, and local a-
genties and private firms which undertake to study, survey,
map, and identify flood plain and cooperate with neighboring
communities with respect to management of adjoining flood
plain in order to prevent aggravation of existing hazards.
(e) Submit on the anniversary date of the com-
munity's initial eligibility an annual report to the Admin-
istrator on the progress made during the past year within
the community in the development and implementation of flood
plain management measures.
(2) Take such other official action as may be reason-
ably necessary to carry out the objectives of the program.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this Council hereby appoints the
Building Inspector with the overall responsibility, authority
and means to implement all commitments made herein.
PASSED THIS '-f day of 0(t6tA-_, , 1973.
APPROVED:
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H John' H ifar(en,Mayor
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ATTESTED:
Mrs. Floy/Avants, City Clerk
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