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CHAPTER 5 ADM I N ISTRATION OF FlOOD- PLAIN REGULATIONS -~- --- - Once a community has adopted floodplain regulations, the local floodplain c:.dministrator and property owners may have difficulty visualizing the process that should be followed in administering the regulations. "We have these regulations, but what do we do next?" is a question they may ask. This chapter describes a model process to guide local administrators. (Local procedures may vary from this model process.) Each page has been pre- pared so that the local administrator can make notes, comments, or add "teps to the process as his/her experience dictates. The model process sta.1s with a property owner (applicant) wanting to change a land use, build one 01' more new structures, or rnodify existing ~;tructures somewhere in the community_ [)evelopment 1) The planning official will determine whether Proposal the proposed use is a permitted use or whether subdivision, rezoning, or P.U.D. com- pliance is required. 2) At the same time the planning official will determine whetl1er the proposed develop- ment falls totally or partially within the flood- plain shown on the maps. If not, floodplain issues are no longer a concern. If so, the rest of the process applies. I'reliminary l)evelopment I~eview 3) As part of the rezoning, subdivision, P.U.D.. site plan or other applicable review process. the planning official will notify the floodplain administrator of the proposed project. (TheSE' may be the same person.) 4) The floodplain administrator will require that the applicant make a determination as to whether the project is located in a floodway . a flood fringe (If detailed information is avail- able), or a floodprone area (detailed informa. tlon has not beE,n prepared), 35