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.
RCW 86.16.020
Floodplain management regulation.
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 88 Wash. 2d 726 - Maple Leaf Investors, Inc. v. Department of Ecology (1977)
Most recently applied in Klineburger v. King County (August 2015)
1989 c 64 s 1; 1987 c 523 s 2; 1935 c 159 s 3; RRS s 9663A-3
Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.