Daviess County, KY Environmental Rules: Flood Zones (2026)

01, adopted by resolution on April 6, 1973, records the Fiscal Court's assurance to the Federal Insurance Administration that the county will maintain in force adequate land use and control measures with effective enforcement provisions consistent with the criteria set out in § 1910 Subpart A of the National Flood Insurance Regulations for areas of special flood hazard. Beyond that general commitment, the section commits the county to specific cooperative actions: assisting the Federal Insurance Administrator in delineating floodplain limits on local maps sufficient to identify building sites; cooperating with federal, state, and local agencies, and with neighboring jurisdictions, on studying, surveying, mapping, and identifying floodprone areas so flooding problems are not aggravated; and naming the county official responsible for furnishing first-floor elevation information once flood insurance becomes available.

Division (C) appoints the Owensboro Metropolitan Planning Commission and its agents with the responsibility, authority, and means to implement this commitment, meaning OMPC is the practical point of contact for floodplain development review inside unincorporated Daviess County. 084. The chapter is short by design: it is an assurance resolution establishing the county's participation in the National Flood Insurance Program and its delegation of implementing authority to OMPC, rather than a freestanding technical floodplain ordinance with its own permit and construction standards.