18-1476 Amending Chapter 46 Floods

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ORDINANCE 18-1476 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CASSELBERRY, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 46, FLOODS OF PART II, CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF CASSELBERRY; TO CONFORM TO STATE AND NATIONAL REQUIREMENTS; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, CONFLICTS, SEVERABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City of Casselberry finds and determines that it is appropriate to update and revise its Code of Ordinances relative to floods to implement the National Flood Insurance Program; and WHEREAS, the Legislature of the State of Florida has, in Chapter 166, Florida Statutes, conferred upon local governments the authority to adopt regulations designed to promote the public health, safety, and general welfare of its citizenry; and WHEREAS, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has identified special flood hazard areas within the boundaries of the City of Casselberry and such areas may be subject to periodic inundation which may result in loss of life and property, health and safety hazards, disruption of commerce and governmental services, extraordinary public expenditures for flood protection and relief, and impairment of the tax base, all of which adversely affect the public health, safety and general welfare; and WHEREAS, the City of Casselberry was accepted for participation in the National Flood Insurance Program on July 2, 1980 and the City Commission desires to continue to meet the requirements of Title 44 Code of Federal Regulations, Sections 59 and 60, necessary for such participation; and WHEREAS, Chapter 553, Florida Statutes, was adopted by the Florida Legislature to provide a mechanism for the uniform adoption, updating, amendment, interpretation and enforcement of a state building code, called the Florida Building Code; and WHEREAS, the City Commission has determined that it is in the public interest to adopt the proposed floodplain management regulations that are coordinated with the Florida Building Code; and WHEREAS, words with double underlined type shall constitute additions to the original text and strike through type shall constitute deletions to the original text, and asterisks (* * *) indicate that text shall remain unchanged fi•om the language existing prior to adoption of this Ordinance.