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anticipated cyclical levels or suddenly caused by an unusually high water level in a natural body of water, accompanied by a severe storm, or by an unanticipated force of nature, such as flash flood or an abnormal tidal surge, or by some similarly unusual and unforeseeable event which results in flooding as defined in paragraph (1)(A) of this definition." SECTION 6. Chapter 27, article 2, section 27-12, of the Hawai`i County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as amended), is amended by adding a new definition to be appropriately inserted and to read as follows: ""Expansion to an existing manufactured home park or subdivision"means the preparation of additional sites by the construction of facilities for servicing the lots on which the manufacturing homes are to be affixed(including the installation of utilities,the construction of streets, and either final site grading or the pouring of concrete pads)." SECTION 7. Chapter 27, article 3, section 27-14, of the Hawai`i County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as amended), is 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 structure shall be occupied,no exception to chapter 5, the building code, shall be certified, and no development or subdivision shall be approved in an area of special flood hazard as determined by the director,pursuant to section 27-16, without the approval of the director [of public works] with respect to compliance with the provisions of this chapter." SECTION 8. Chapter 27, article 3, section 27-16, of the Hawai`i County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as amended), is 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 departments,shall administer this chapter. The duties and responsibilities of the floodplain administrator shall include,but not be limited to: [(a)J(1) Permit review. [(1}](A) 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 satisf ed; [(2)1(B) All other development permits referred by other governmental departments and agencies shall be reviewed for consistency with the requirements of this chapter; [(-3)1(C) All permits and proposals shall be reviewed to determine that the proposed building site is reasonably safe from flooding; 6