AGENDA ITEM REPORT
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY'S CODE OF ORDINANCES, BY AMENDING CHAPTER 10, "FLOOD PREVENTION AND PROTECTION," ARTICLE II, "APPLICABILITY," SECTION 10-9, "BASIS FOR ESTABLISHING FLOOD HAZARD AREAS;" AND BY AMENDING ARTICLE III, "ADMINISTRATION," DIVISION 5, "VARIANCES AND APPEALS," SECTIONS 10-41, 10-42, 10-47, AND 10-48, THEREIN; AND BY AMENDING ARTICLE IV, "DEFINITIONS," SECTION 10-63, "DEFINITIONS;" AND BY AMENDING ARTICLE V, "FLOOD RESISTANT DEVELOPMENT," DIVISION 4, "MANUFACTURED HOMES," SECTION 10-80, "FOUNDATIONS;" BY REPEALING IN THEIR ENTIRETY SECTIONS 10-83, "GENERAL ELEVATION REQUIREMENT," AND 10-84, "ELEVATION REQUIREMENT FOR CERTAIN EXISTING MANUFACTURED HOME PARKS AND SUBDIVISIONS," AND RENUMBERING THE SUBSEQUENT SECTIONS WITHIN DIVISION 4, STARTING AT 10-83; AND BY ENACTING NEW PROVISIONS WITHIN ARTICLE III, "ADMINISTRATION," DIVISION 5, "VARIANCES AND APPEALS," SPECIFICALLY NEW SECTIONS 10-49, "ADDITIONAL VARIANCE CONSIDERATIONS FOR CERTAIN ACCESSORY STRUCTURES," AND 10-50, "ADDITIONAL VARIANCE CONSIDERATIONS FOR AGRICULTURAL STRUCTURES;" AND ENACTING WITHIN ARTICLE V, "FLOOD RESISTANT DEVELOPMENT," DIVISION 1, "BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES," SPECIFICALLY THE NEW SECTION 10-70, "ACCESSORY STRUCTURES," TO PROVIDE CONSISTENCY WITH CHANGES REQUESTED BY THE FLORIDA DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND APPROVED BY THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY RELATING TO FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT IN FLOOD HAZARD AREAS. (SECOND READING)(PUBLIC HEARING)
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BACKGROUND:
This item was approved on First Reading at the April 8, 2021, City Commission Meeting.
The City participates in the National Flood Insurance Program's (NFIP) Community Rating System (CRS), a voluntary incentive program that recognizes and encourages community floodplain management activities that exceed the minimum program requirements. A lower CRS rating represents better floodplain/stormwater management practices. The City is currently at a CRS rating of Class 7, m...
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