1972-10-02 - Resolution 1972-31 - Evaluate Flood Plane for Federal Insurance -
RESOLUTION NO. 72- 31
WHEREAS, certain areas of the Village of Buffalo Grove,
Illinois are subject to periodic flooding and/or,
mudslides from the Buffalo Creek, ausing pious
damages to residential properties within these
areas ; and
WHEREAS, 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 Village Board to comply
with land use and management criteria regulations
as required in said act; and
WHEREAS, it is also the intent of this Village Board to
recognize and duly evaluate flood and/or mudslide
hazards in all official actions relating to land
use in the flood plain and/or mudslide areas
having special flood and/or mudslide hazards ; and
WHEREAS, the Illinois Municipal Code Revised Statutes of
1971, Section 65, provide for the definition, es-
tablishment and regulation of flood plain areas
and grants that authority to local municipalities ;
and
WHEREAS, the Village Board of Trustees on May 27, 1968 did
adopt Ordinance Number 68-21 which regulates the
development and use of land in flood plain areas
within the Village of Buffalo Grove.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that this Village Board, hereby
assures the Federal Insurance Administration that it takes the
following legislative action :
1. Appoints the Village Manager 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 and/or mudslide hazards on available local maps
of sufficient scale to identify the location of building
sites.
(b) Provide such information as the Administrator may re •
-
quest concerning present uses and occupancy of the flood
plain and/or mudslide area.
(c) Maintain for public inspection and furnishing upon re-
quest, with respect to each area having special flood
hazards, information on elevations (in relation to mean
sea level) of the lowest floors of all new or sub-
stantially improved structures ; and
(d) Cooperate with Federal, State, and local agencies and
private firms which undertake to study, survey, map,
and identify flood plain or mudslide areas, and
cooperate with neighboring communities with respect
to management of adjoining flood plain and/or mudslide
areas in order to prevent aggravation of existing
hazards .
(e) 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
plain and/or mudslide area management measures.
2. Take such other official action as may be reasonably nec-
essary to carry out the objectives of the program.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this Village Board hereby appoints
the Village Manager with the overall responsibility, authority
and means to implement all commitments made herein.
Dated this day of V , 1972.
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