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ORDINANCE 2012-036 Require applicants who submit hydrologic and hydraulic engineering analyses support permit applications to submit to FEMA the data and information necessary to maintain the Flood Insurance Rate Maps if the analyses propose to change base flood elevations, flood hazard area boundaries or floodway designations; such submissions shall be made within 6 months of such data becoming available; 4. Review required design certifications and documentation of elevations specified by these floodplain regulations and the Florida Building Code to determine that such certifications and documentations are complete; 5. Notify the Federal Emergency Management Agency when the comorate boundaries of Indian River County are modified, and 6. Advise applicants for new buildings and structures, including substantial improvements, that are located in any unit of the Coastal Barrier Resources System established by the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (Pub. L. 97-348) and the Coastal Barrier Improvement Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101-591) that federal flood insurance is not available on such construction; areas subject to this limitation are identified on Flood Insurance Rate Maps as "Coastal Barrier Resource System Areas" and "Otherwise Protected Areas." (h) Floodplain management records. Regardless of any limitation on the period required for retention of public records, the Floodplain Administrator shall maintain and permanently keep and make available for public inspection all records that are necessary for the administration of these floodplain regulations and the flood resistant construction requirements of the Florida Building Code, including Flood Insurance Rate Maps; Letters of Change; records of issuance of permits and denial of permits; determinations of whether proposed work constitutes substantial improvement or repair of substantial damage;required design certifications and documentation of elevations specified by the Florida Building Code and these floodplain regulations; notifications to adjacent communities, FEMA, and the state related to alterations of watercourses, assurances that the flood carrying capacity of altered watercourses will be maintained; documentation related to appeals and variances, including justification for issuance or denial; and records of enforcement actions taken pursuant to these floodplain regulations and the flood resistant construction requirements of the Florida Building, Code. These records shall be available for public inspection at the Indian River County Communi , Development Department. Section 930.13. Appeal -pmeedur-e.-Variances and appeals. (1) General. The Construction Board of Adjustment and Appeals shall hear and decide on requests for appeals and requests for variances from the strict application of these floodplain regulations, including appeals and requests for variances from the strict application of the flood resistant construction requirements of the Florida Building Code (reference Section 553.73(5), Underline: Additions to Ordinance Strike-thFOUglr Deleted Text from Existing Ordinance 66 C:\Documents and Settings\tlister\Desktop\Revised IRC Flood Protect Ord final 10-26-12.rtf