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storms or seismic sources. It is an azea subject to high velocity waters, including coastal and tidal inundation or tsunamis. Whole-foot base flood elevations derived from the detailed hydraulic analyses have been determined at selected intervals within this zone. [(~-1)] "Zone X" is the designation given to other flood azeas o£ (A) moderate flood hazazd corresponding to areas of the five-hundred-year floodplain, areas of one-hundred- yeaz flooding where average depths are less than one foot, areas of one-hundred-year flooding where the contributing drainage area is less than one squaze mile, and azeas protected from the one-hundred-year flood by levees; (B) minimal flood hazard corresponding to areas outside of the five-hundred-year floodplain. Base flood elevations or depths have not been determined for Zone X. "Zone D" is the other areas that correspond to unstudied azeas where flood hazazds are undetermined, but possible. SECTION 7. Chapter 27, article 3, section 27-14, Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005 edition), as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 27-14. Director of public works approval No building permit, certificate of occupancy, or grading permit shall be issued, no building shall be occupied, and no development or subdivision shall be approved without the approval of the director of public works with respect to compliance with the provisions of this chapter. SECTION 8. Chapter 27, azticle3, section 27-16, Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005 edition), as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 27-16. Duties and responsibilities of the floodplain administrator. The floodplain administrator, with the cooperation and assistance of other County departrnents, shall administer this chapter. The duties and responsibilities of the floodplain administrator shall include, but not be limited to: (a) Permit review. (1) All building permits, certificates of occupancy, grading permits, and development or subdivision proposals shall be reviewed to determine whether the requirements of this chapter have been satisfied; (2) All other development permits referred by other governmental departments and agencies shall be reviewed for consistency with the requirements of this chapter; (3) All permits and proposals shall be reviewed to determine that site is reasonably safe from flooding[; and] and require in flood-prone areas that all new construction, improvements to repetitive loss structures and substantial improvements (including manufactured homed shall be: Designated and adequately anchored to arevent flotation, collapse, or lateral movement; Constructed offlood-resistant materials 11