31-1021 – Local government; enforce department regulations.
31-1021. Local government; enforce department regulations. It shall be the duty of the local government to administer and enforce any regulations adopted by the department pursuant to section 31-1020 in the same manner as if the local government had enacted such regulations. Such duty may be enforced in a mandamus action brought against such local […]
31-1022 – Adoption of regulations; notice; hearing; appeal.
31-1022. Adoption of regulations; notice; hearing; appeal. Notice of any hearing to be conducted by the department pursuant to section 31-1020 shall be given to the clerk of the local government and to such other local officials as the department deems appropriate, at least thirty days prior to the hearing. Notice shall also be published […]
31-1023 – State agencies, boards, and commissions; flood plain management duties.
31-1023. State agencies, boards, and commissions; flood plain management duties. (1) All state agencies, boards, and commissions shall take preventive action to minimize flood hazards and losses in connection with state-owned and state-financed buildings, roads, and other facilities, and shall take such steps as are necessary to insure compliance with the minimum standards adopted by […]
31-1020 – Local government; failure to implement flood plain management regulations; department; powers and duties.
31-1020. Local government; failure to implement flood plain management regulations; department; powers and duties. If a local government does not adopt and implement flood plain management regulations in accordance with section 31-1019 within one year after flood hazard data and maps have been provided to it pursuant to such section, the department shall, upon petition […]
31-1005 – Base flood, defined.
31-1005. Base flood, defined. Base flood shall mean the flood having a one percent chance of being equalled or exceeded in magnitude in any given year. Source Laws 1983, LB 35, § 5.
31-1006 – Drainway, defined.
31-1006. Drainway, defined. Drainway shall mean any depression two feet or more below the land which serves to give direction to a current of water less than nine months of the year, and which has a bed and well-defined banks. Source Laws 1983, LB 35, § 6.
31-1007 – Flood, defined.
31-1007. Flood, defined. Flood shall mean the water of any watercourse or drainway which is above the bank or outside the channel and banks of such watercourse or drainway. Source Laws 1983, LB 35, § 7.
31-1008 – Floodway, defined.
31-1008. Floodway, defined. Floodway shall mean the channel of a watercourse or drainway and the adjacent land areas that are necessary to be reserved in order to discharge the base flood without cumulatively increasing the water surface elevation more than a reasonable height, as designated by the department. Source Laws 1983, LB 35, § 8; […]
31-1009 – Flood fringe, defined.
31-1009. Flood fringe, defined. Flood fringe shall mean that portion of the flood plain of the base flood which is outside of the floodway. Source Laws 1983, LB 35, § 9.
31-1010 – Flood plain, defined.
31-1010. Flood plain, defined. Flood plain shall mean the area adjoining a watercourse or drainway which has been or may be covered by flood waters. Source Laws 1983, LB 35, § 10.