HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance - 2007-O0094 - Amending Article 11, Chapt. 21 With Regard To Flood Hazard Areas, Mean Sea Level - 09/13/2007First Reading
September 13, 2007
Item No. 5.11
ORDINANCE NO. 2007~0094
Second Reading
September 27, 2007
Item No. 5.9
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE II, CHAPTER 21 OF THE CODE
OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK, TEXAS, WITH REGARD TO
FLOOD HAZARD AREAS WITHIN THE CITY OF LUBBOCK BY ADOPTING THE
NEW FEMA REPORT AND MAPS AND MAKING ASSOCIATED CHANGES;
PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY AND PROVIDING
FOR PUBLICATION.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
SECTION I. THAT Section 21-16 of the Code of Ordinances, City of Lubbock,
Texas, is hereby amended by changing the definitions of "Mean sea level" and "Water
surface elevation" to read as follows:
"Mean sea level" means, for purposes of the National Flood Insurance
Program, the North American Vertical Datum (NA VD) of 1988 or other datum to
which base flood elevations shown on a community's Flood Insurance Rate Map
are referenced.
"Water surface elevation means the height, in relation to the North
American Vertical Datwn (NA VD) of 1988 ( or other datum where specified), of
floods of various magnitudes and frequencies in the floodplains of coastal or
riverine areas.
SECTION 2. THAT Subsection 21-19(2)(e) of the Code of Ordinances, City of
Lubbock, Texas, is hereby amended to read as follows:
(e) Notify, in riverine situations adjacent communities and the state
coordinating agency, which is the Texas Water Development Board, prior
to any alteration or relocation of a watercourse, and submit evidence of
such notification to the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
SECTION 3. THAT Section 21-24 of the Code of Ordinances, City of Lubbock,
Texas, is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 21-24. Basis for establishing the areas of special flood hazard.
The areas of special flood hazard identified by the Federal Emergency
Management Agency in a scientific and engineering report entitled "The Flood
Insurance Study for Lubbock County, Texas, and Incorporated Areas" dated
September 28, 2007, with accompanying Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM) and
any revisions thereto are hereby adopted by reference and declared to be a part of
this article.
SECTION 4. THAT should any paragraph, section, sentence, phrase, clause or
word of this Ordinance be declared unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, the
remainder of this Ordinance shall not be affected thereby.
SECTION 5. THAT violation of any provision of this ordinance shall constitute a
misdemeanor punishable in accordance with Section 1-4 of the Code of Ordinances.
SECTION 6. THAT the City Secretary is hereby authorized and directed to cause
publication of the descriptive caption of this Ordinance as an alternative method of
publication as provided by law.
AND IT IS SO ORDERED.
Passed by the City Council on first reading this 13th day of September , 2007.
Passed by the City Council on second reading this 27th day of September , 2007.
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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