Indiana Code 14-28-4-29. Purpose of chapter
(1) the federal National Flood Insurance Act (42 U.S.C. § 4001 through 4127);
Terms Used In Indiana Code 14-28-4-29
- improvement location permit: means a permit to alter, expand, or enlarge any use of land or structure. See Indiana Code 14-28-4-2
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
(3) IC 14-28-3;
by permitting the establishment of a single-purpose zoning authority to adopt minimum standards and regulations for the management of identified flood hazard areas.
(b) Because zoning ordinances adopted under comprehensive planning legislation require extensive preparation time and because the national flood insurance program and the state statutes enacted under the program require identified counties and municipalities to regulate land use and improvements to the land in flood hazard areas before those zoning ordinances can be adequately prepared, this chapter authorizes counties and municipalities that do not have land use regulation ordinances in effect to form single-purpose flood plain commissions to administer certain local ordinances, including the following:
(1) A set of minimum standards and regulations to meet the requirements of state and federal flood hazard area programs.
(2) An improvement location permit system to ensure that every new location, land use, or structure in the jurisdiction conforms to flood hazard area regulations.
(3) A set of enforcement procedures suitable to ensure minimum compliance with the regulations.
[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-2-22.6-25.]
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.21.