§ 17-10. Basis for establishing areas of special flood hazard.

The areas of special flood hazard identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency in a scientific engineering report entitled The Flood Insurance Study (FIS) for Maricopa County, Arizona and Incorporated Areas, dated September 30, 2005, with accompanying Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMS) dated September 30, 2005, and all subsequent amendments and/or revisions, are adopted by reference and declared a part of this chapter. This FIS and attendant mapping is the minimum area of applicability of this ordinance and may be supplemented by studies for other areas which allow implementation of this ordinance and which are recommended to the Floodplain Board by the Floodplain Administrator. The Floodplain Board, within its area of jurisdiction, shall delineate (or may, by rule, require developers of land to delineate) areas where development is ongoing or imminent, and thereafter as development becomes imminent, delineate floodplains consistent with the criteria developed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Director of the Arizona Department of Water Resources. The FIS and FIRM panels are on file at the office of the city clerk and a copy is on file in the office of the city engineer.

(Res. No. 4742, § 1(Exh. A), 11-13-13)