HomeMy Public PortalAbout74-183RESOLUTION NO. 74-183
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF CARSON
EXPRESSING REQUEST AND ASSURANCE
FOR FLOOD INSURANCE UNDER THE
NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM
WHEREAS, certain areas of the City of Carson are subject to minor flooding
from streams, local ponding, etc.; and
WHEREAS, relief it available in the form of Federally subsidized flood insurance
as authorized by the National Flood Insurnace Act of 1968, as amended; and
WHEREAS, it is the intent of this council to require the recognition and eval-
uation of flood and/or muds lide hazards in all official actions relating to land use in the
flood plain areas having special flood hazards; and
WHEREAS, this body has legal authority to adopt land use and control measures to
reduce future flood losses pursuant to Section 308 of the City Building Code and Section 158
of the Subdivision Ordinance;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, Ni6kthis council hereby:
1 . Assures the Federal Insurance Administration that it will enact as necessary,
and maintain in Force for 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 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 pla in .
(c) Cooperate with Federal, State, and local agencies and private firms
which undertake to study, survey, map and identify flood plain areas, and cooperate with
neighboring communities with respect to management of adjoining flood plain areas in order
to prevent aggravation of existing hazards.
(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 pfdin management measures.
3. Appoints the City Engineer to maintain for public inspection and to furnish
upon request a record of elevations (in relation to mean sea level) of the lowest floor (in-
cluding 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 reasonably necessary to
cavy out the objectives of the program.
1974.
ATTEST:
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 7th
CIN
CLERK
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF CARSON )
Res. No. 74-183 /2 of 2
day of October ,
I, Helen S. Kawagoe, City Clerk of the City of Carson, California, do
hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council of said City is five;
that the foregoing resolution , being Resolution No. 74-183, was duly and regularly adopted
by the City Council of said City at a regular meetin§ of said Council, duly and regularly
held on the 7th day of October 1974, and that the some was so passed and
adopted by tFieTTowing vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEN: Bridgers, Colas, Marbut, Yamamoto and Smith
NOES: COUNCILMEN: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: None
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