HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance - 2012-O0137 - Amending Section 30.03.008 Code Of Ordinances Flood Hazards - 11/29/2012First Reading
November 29, 2012
Item No. 5.10
ORDINANCE NO. ZOl2-00l 37
Second Reading
December 6, 2012
Item No. 5.4
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 30.03.008 OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK, TEXAS, WITH REGARD TO FLOOD
HAZARD AREAS WITl-llN Tl-IE CITY OF LUBBOCK BY ADOPTING Tl IE NEW
FEMA REPORT AND MAPS AND MAKING ASSOCIATED CHANGES; AND
. AMENDING SECTION 30.01 .001 TO ADD THE DEFINITION OF ··BASE FLOOD
EVALUATION (BFE)"; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING /\
PENALTY AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION.
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WHEREAS, the Legislature of the State or Texas has in the Flood Control
Insurance Act, Texas Water Code, Section 16.315, delegated the responsibility or local
governmental units lo adopt regulations designed to minimize llood losses; and
WHEREAS, the nood hazard areas of Lubbock County arc subject to periodic
inundation, which results in loss or life and property, health and safety hazards,
disruption of commerce and governmental services, and extraordinary pubic expenditures
for flood protection and relief, all of which adversely affect the public health, safety and
general welfare; and
WHEREAS, these nood losses are created by the cumulative effoct of
obstructions in floodplains which cause an increase in flood heights and velocities, and
by the occupancy of flood hazard areas by uses vulnerable lo floods and hazardous to
other lands because they are inadequately elevated, floodproofed or otherwise protected
from flood damage. NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
SECTION I. THAT Section 30.01.001 of the Code of Ordinances. City of
Lubbock, Texas, is hereby amended by adding the following:
Base flootl elevatio11 (BFE) The elevation shown on the Flood
Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) and found in the accompanying Flood
Insurance Study (FIS) for Zones A, AE, AH, Al-A30, AR, Vl-V30, or
VE that indicates the water surface elevation resulting from the flood that
has a l % chance of equaling or exceeding that level in any given year -
also called the Base Flood.
SECTION 2. THAT Section 30.03.008 of the Code or Ordinances, City of
Lubbock, Texas, is hereby amended to read as follows:
30.03.008 Basis for establishing the areas of special nood hazard.
The areas of special llood hazard identified by the Federal Emergency
Management Agency in a scientific and engineering report entitled .. The
Flood Insurance Study for Lubbo(;k County. ll'xas. Hncl lnrnrporakd
/\rcas·' dated January 2. 2013. with accurnpa11ying 1:1ond I 11sura11cc Ra!l'
Maps (I· !RM) and any t\:v isions thereto arc hl'n.:by adopll'd by rl'IL'.rl'lllT
and declared to be a part of this articll'.
SE TION J. Tl IJ\T shou ld nny parngrap h. scdion. scntl'llCL'. phrase. clausl' ur
word or this Orclinam:c be ckt:larcd unconslilutional or inva lid fur any rL·aso11. till'
remainder of this Ordinance shall not be affedcd thereby.
SE 'TIO. 1 4. Tl 1/\T \·iolation of any provision or this ordi11at1cL' shall constilu!l' a
1misdcmeanor punishabk in accordance with Si.:dion 1.01.00-t nl' the Codi.: u!' Urdin,mcl's.
City of Lubbock, Texas.
SE TION 5. Tl IAT the City Secretary is hen:by authoril'.cd and directed tn cuusc
publication of the descriptive caption or this Ordinance ns an al1crna1ivi.: mc1hod of
publication as provided by la\\".
AND IT JS SO ORDERED
Pus~l·d by !hl' City ('pum:il on tirst ri.:ading un
Passed by th~ City Council on seco nd reading on
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November 29, 2012
December 6, 2012