RESOLUTION 92-20670 RESOLUTION NO. 92-20670
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ASSURING THE
FEDERAL INSURANCE ADMINISTRATION THAT THE CITY
COMMISSION WILL ENACT AND MAINTAIN IN FORCE
ADEQUATE MEASURES CONSISTENT WITH THE NATIONAL
FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM REGULATIONS AND
VESTING THE CITY'S BUILDING OFFICIAL WITH THE
RESPONSIBILITY, AUTHORITY AND MEANS TO ASSIST
AND COOPERATE WITH THE FEDERAL INSURANCE
ADMINISTRATION AND FEDERAL, STATE AND LEGAL
AGENCIES AND PRIVATE FIRMS TO CARRY OUT THE
OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAM.
WHEREAS, certain areas of the City of Miami Beach are subject
to periodic flooding, or flood-related erosion, 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 the City Commission of the City
of Miami Beach, Florida to require the recognition and evaluation
of flood, or flood-related erosion hazards in all official actions
relating to properties located in areas having these hazards; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission has the legal authority to adopt
control measures to reduce future flood losses pursuant to its
Charter and Chapter 166, Florida Statutes.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT DULY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF
THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The City of Miami Beach hereby assures the Federal
Insurance Administration that it will enact as necessary, and
maintain in force in those areas having flood, or flood-related
erosion hazards, adequate controls with effective enforcement
provisions consistent with the Criteria set forth in Part 60 of the
National Flood Insurance Program Regulations (CFR44) ; and
Section 2 . That the City' s Building Official is hereby vested with
the responsibility, authority and means to:
(a) Assist the Administrator, at his request, in his
delineation of the limits of the area having special flood, or
flood-related erosion hazards.
(b) Provide such information as the Administrator may request
concerning present uses and occupancy of the flood plain, or flood-
related erosion areas.
(c) Cooperate with Federal, State, and local agencies and
private firms which undertake to study, survey, map, and identify
flood plain, or flood-related erosion areas, and cooperate with
neighboring communities with respect to management of adjoining
flood plain, and/or flood-related erosion areas in order to prevent
aggravation of existing hazards.
(d) 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. In order that all Flood Hazard Boundary
Maps and Flood Insurance Rate Maps accurately represent the
community' s boundaries, include within such notification a copy of
a map of the community suitable for reproduction, clearly
delineating the new corporate limits or new area for which the
community has assumed or relinquished flood plain management
regulatory authority.
Section 3. The City's Building Official is hereby appointed to
maintain for public inspection and to furnish upon request for the
determination of applicable flood insurance risk premium rates
within all areas having special flood hazards identified on a Flood
Hazard Boundary Map or Flood Insurance Rate Map, any certificates
of flood-proofing, and information on the elevation (in relation to
mean sea level) of the level of the lowest floor (including
basement) of all new or substantially improved structures, and
include whether or not such structures include a basement, and if
the structure has been floodproofed.
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Section 4. The City agrees to take other official action as may be
reasonably necessary to carry out the objectives of the program.
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PASSED and ADOPTED this 18th da o Novemb:r , 1992 .
ATTEST:
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CITY CLERK
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RESOLUTION NO. 92-20670
Assuring the Federal Insurance
Administration that the City Commission
will enact and maintain in force adequate
measures consistent with the National
Flood INsurance Program regulations and
vesting the City's building official
with the responsibility, authority and
means to assist and cooperate with the
Federal Insurance Administration and
Federal, State and Local Agencies and
private firms to carry out the objectives
of the program.