RCW 86.16.020
Floodplain management regulation.
Statewide floodplain management regulation shall be exercised through: (1) Local governments' administration of the national flood insurance program regulation requirements, (2) the establishment of minimum state requirements for floodplain management that equal the minimum federal requirements for the national flood insurance program, and (3) the issuance of regulatory orders. This regulation shall be exercised over the planning, construction, operation and maintenance of any works, structures and improvements, private or public, which might, if improperly planned, constructed, operated and maintained, adversely influence the regimen of a stream or body of water or might adversely affect the security of life, health and property against damage by flood water.
[ 1989 c 64 § 1; 1987 c 523 § 2; 1935 c 159 § 3; RRS § 9663A-3. FORMER PART OF SECTION: 1939 c 85 § 1 now codified as RCW 86.16.025 and 86.16.027.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 86.16 - Floodplain Management.
86.16.010 - Statement of policy—State control assumed.
86.16.020 - Floodplain management regulation.
86.16.025 - Authority of department.
86.16.031 - Duties of the department of ecology.
86.16.035 - Department of ecology—Control of dams and obstructions.
86.16.045 - Adoption of ordinances or requirements that exceed minimum federal requirements.
86.16.051 - Basis for state and local floodplain management.
86.16.061 - Adoption of rules.
86.16.071 - Chapter not to create liability for damages against the state.
86.16.120 - Flood damages defined.
86.16.160 - Local programs not prevented.