Sec. 18. (a) A flood plain zoning ordinance must designate:
(1) the county auditor;
(2) the county surveyor; or
(3) the municipal clerk or clerk-treasurer;
as applicable, as the zoning administrator who issues improvement location permits within the jurisdiction of the commission and in conformance with the flood plain ordinance.
(b) A final decision of the zoning administrator may be judicially reviewed in the same manner and subject to the same limitations as a final decision of a board of zoning appeals under IC 36-7-4.