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Nothing herein contiined shall prevent the Cit>* of Orono Ironi taking such other lawful action as is necessary to prevent or remedy any violation. Such acnons may include but are not limited to: (1) In rcs’^onding to a suspected Ordinance violation, the Planning Director.and Local Government may utilize the full array of enforcement actions available to it including but not limited to prosecution and fines, injunctions, after-lhc*fact permits, orders for corrective measures or a request to the National Flood Insurance Program for denial of flood insurance availability to the guilty party. The Community must act m good faith to enforce these official controls and to correct Ordinance violations to the e.vtcnt possible so as not to jeopardize its eligibility in the National Flood Insurance Program (2) When an Ordinance violation is cither discovered by or brought to the attention of the Planning Director, the Planning Director shall immediately invcsiigaie the situation and document the nature and extent of the \nolation of the official control. As soon as is reasoiubly possible, tnis information u ill be submitted to the appropriate Dcpar.meni of Natural Rcsouiccs' and Federal Emergency Management Agc-.c' ’'eg-.onal Office along with the Community's plan of action to correct the violation to the degree (xissiblc (3) The Planning Director shall notify the suspected party ot the requirements of this Ordinance and all other official eontroU and the nature and exicni of the suspected violation of these controls. If the structure and or use is under construction or dcvelopm,ent. the Planning Direclor may order the construction or de\d»>pment immediately halted until a proper pcnnil or approval is granted by the Community If the construction or development is already completed, then the Planning Director may either (11 issue an order identifying the correclivc actions that must be made within a sjKcificd Innc peruvd to bring the use or structure into compliance with the official controls; or (2) notify the responsible party to apply for an after-ihe-fact permit development approval within a specified period of tinw not to exceed 30-days. (4) If the responsible party docs not appropriately respond to the Planning Director w ithm the specified period of lime, each additional day that lapses shall constitute an additional violation of this Ordinance and shall be prosecuted accordingly The Planning Director shall also upon the lapse of the specified response period notify the landowner to restore the land to the condition which existed prior to the violation of this Ordinance DIVISON 13 AMEND.MbNTS Sec. 7S-1139 Floodplilu Deslgnalloii Ihe flood plain designation on the Official Floodplain Overlay District Map shall nut be removed from flood plain areas unless n can be shown that the designation is in cnor or that the area has been filled to or above the elevation of the regulatory flood protection elevation and i.s contiguous to lands outside the flood plain Special exceptions to this rule may be permitted by the Commissioner of Natural Resources if he determines that, tluough other measures. Iaiid» arc adequately piotected for the intended use See. 7S-1140 AmcNdnenU All amendments to this Ordinance, includmg amendments to the Official Floodplain Overlay District Map. must be submitted to and approv ed by the Commissioner of Natural Resources pnor to adoption. Changes in the Ofl'ictal Floodplain Overlay District Map must meet the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Technical Conditions and Critena and must receive pnor FE.MA approval before S Dainci I Utp :'/ "TWa -22