<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 29-40. - Duties and responsibilities.</div>
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               The duties of the building inspector and/or the county engineer, as provided in <a href="" data-chunk-id="COOR_CH29FL_ARTIIFLHARE_DIV2FLHARE_S29-62PEPR" class="section-link" data-product-id="11337">section 29-62</a>, shall include, but are not limited to those duties listed in this section. Such
               officers shall:
               
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                  (1)
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                  Review all development permits to ensure that the permit requirements of this article
                  have been satisfied.
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                  (2)
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                  Advise the permittee that additional permits, as mandated by federal or state law,
                  may be required, and if specific permits are known, require that copies of such permits
                  be provided and maintained on file with the development permit prior to the issuance
                  of the permit.
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                  (3)
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                  Notify adjacent communities, if applicable, and the state department of environment
                  and natural resources as to any alteration or relocation of a watercourse, and submit
                  evidence of such notification to the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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                  (4)
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                  Ensure that maintenance is provided within any altered or relocated portion of a watercourse
                  so that the flood-carrying capacity is not diminished.
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                  (5)
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                  Verify and record the actual elevation, in relation to mean sea level, of the lowest
                  floor, including basement, of all new or substantially improved structures.
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                  (6)
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                  Verify and record the actual elevation, in relation to mean sea level, to which the
                  new or substantially improved structures have been floodproofed.
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                  (7)
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                  Verify certification from a professional engineer or architect licensed and registered
                  to practice in the state that utility systems, other than residential on-site facilities,
                  will be located, designed and constructed to eliminate flood damage, infiltration
                  from floodwaters and discharges from the systems into floodwaters. In the case of
                  residential on-site utility systems, certification shall be provided by the county
                  engineer, provided the county engineer is a professional engineer licensed and registered
                  to practice in the state, in conjunction with the county health department, that such
                  systems will be reasonably located and designed to avoid impairment to them or to
                  minimize contamination from them during flooding.
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                  (8)
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                  In coastal high-hazard areas, obtain certification from a registered professional
                  engineer or architect licensed to practice in the state that the structure is securely
                  anchored to adequately anchored pilings or columns in order to withstand velocity
                  waters and hurricane wave wash.
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                  (9)
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                  In coastal high-hazard areas, review plans for the adequacy of breakaway walls in
                  accordance with <a href="" data-chunk-id="COOR_CH29FL_ARTIIFLHARE_DIV2FLHARE_S29-64SPST" class="section-link" data-product-id="11337">section 29-64</a>(5)(i).
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                  (10)
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                  When floodproofing is utilized for a particular structure, obtain certification from
                  a registered professional engineer or architect licensed to practice in the state.
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                  (11)
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                  Where interpretation is needed as to the exact location of the boundaries of the areas
                  of special flood hazard (for example, where there appears to be a conflict between
                  a mapped boundary and actual field conditions), make the necessary interpretation.
                  The person contesting the location of the boundary shall be given a reasonable opportunity
                  to appeal the interpretation as provided in this article.
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                  (12)
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                  When base flood elevation data has not been provided in accordance with <a href="" data-chunk-id="COOR_CH29FL_ARTIIFLHARE_DIV2FLHARE_S29-61BAESARSPFLHA" class="section-link" data-product-id="11337">section 29-61</a>, obtain, review and reasonably utilize any base flood elevation data available from
                  a federal, state or other source, in order to administer the provisions of this article.
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               All records pertaining to the provisions of this section shall be maintained in the
               office of the building inspector and shall be open for public inspection.
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               (Code 1978, Â§ 4-81)
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