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l~ESOLU'rION NO. 37, cl ERIES OF 1970
A RES OLU 'l'ION RELA'l'IVE ·ro l•'LOOD INSURANCE AS AUTHORIZED BY THE NATIONAL FLOOD
INSURANCE ACT OF 1968, AS AMENDED.
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from thr• :;011th l'l.ittr• Hlvrq•, I.ill Ir• 1>1 ·y <'rn,,,k, nlq Ory C rnnk, nn1 'I nthnr dr:tinnq n nro1111,
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WHl·:IH·:/\~, it it1 lhr• int .. nt nf tlH• City C01mr•il to comtJly wit'h l;inrl trn o tlnd mti nt:ttto -
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havinq Hp oc •i ,t] f Jood h.a?..arc.JH, .and
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Soct ion 3 o f th e llomc Rui c Chartor of the City of Enqlewood, adopted July 8, 1958, as
we ll a s Cha pl c r lJY, Arl lc lca Ji, ~Y and bO, C.K.S. '6J, as amended, to adopt land use
., nrl rn n I 1'n 1 mn:i !I II r n n .
NOW, THEREFeRE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council hereby assures the Federal
Insu ra n ce Adm i nistration that it will take legislative action as follows:
(1) Enact by December 31, 1971, and maintain in force for those areas, adequate
land us e a nd c ontrol measures with cf fective enforcement provisions consistent with the
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(2) If necessary, seek State enabling legislation conferring authority to enact
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(3) TcJkc such olher uf 1iciJl Jclion as may be reasonably necessary to carry out the
ob i c ct ivcn of lh <' proqr01m. Su c h 01ctions will include but not limited to:
(a ) Assisting the Federal Insurance Administrator, ·at his request,
in delineating the limits of the flood plain having special
flood hazard on available local maps of sufficient scale to
i dentify the location of building sites.
(b) After flood insurance is made available, furnishing representa-
tives of appropriate Federal or State agencies or of the National
Flood Tnnur01n~C" Assori;ition inform~tjon, as requested, concerning
new o~ sub8lJnliJlly improved structures within the area of
u p cc i a l flood hazard. This information will include floor
rlrvation R ~nd, if th0rr is a b~Rcment, the distance between the
tirst f loo~ a nd the bottom of the lowest opening where water
flowing on lh c ground will enter.
(c) Cooperating with Federal, State and local agencies which under-
take to study, survey, map and identify flood-prone areas as
well as cooperation with neighboring jurisdictions with respect
to adjoining flood plains in order to prevent aggravation of
the flooding problem.
BB IT FURTllBR RBSOLVED, lhJl thin City Council hereby appoints the City Manager and
the Planning Department with the responsibility, authority and means to implement the
commitment made herein.
ADOPTED AND APPROVED, this 30th day of November, 1970.
MAY6R
Attest:
'l!X Ol'Pf""CIO CITY Cll!fU<-TREA~R
I, Stephen A. Lyon, ex officio City Clerk of the City of Englewood, State of
Colorado, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true, accurate and
complete copy of Resolution No.37, Series of 1970.