24-1605 Amending Code of Ordinances to Conform to National Flood Insurance Program Community Rating System Requirements

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ORDINANCE 24-1605 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 COMMUNITY RATING SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS; BY AMENDING SECTION 46-1, "DEFINITIONS" WITHIN ARTICLE I, "IN GENERAL"; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 46-64, "MANUFACTURED HOMES" WITHIN ARTICLE III, "FLOOD HAZARD REDUCTION STANDARDS"; PROVIDING FOR APPLICABILITY, CODIFICATION, CONFLICTS, SEVERABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the Legislature of the State of Florida has, in Chapter 166 — Municipalities, Florida Statutes, conferred upon local governments the authority to adopt regulations designed to promote the public health, safety, and general welfare and prosperity of the residents of the City; and WHEREAS, the City of Casselberry participates in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and participates in the NFIP's Community Rating System (CRS), a voluntary incentive program that recognizes and encourages community floodplain management activities that exceed the minimum program requirements and achieves a CRS rating of Class 8 making citizens who purchase NFIP flood insurance policies eligible for premium discounts; and WHEREAS, in 2020, the NFIP Community Rating System established certain minimum prerequisites for communities to qualify for or maintain class ratings of Class 8 or better; and WHEREAS, to satisfy the prerequisite and for the City of Casselberry to maintain the current CRS rating, all manufactured homes installed or replaced in special flood hazard areas must be elevated to or above at least the base flood elevation plus 1 foot, which necessitates modification of the existing requirements; and WHEREAS, the City Commission determined that it is in the public interest to amend the floodplain management regulations to better protect manufactured homes and to continue participating in the Community Rating System at the current class rating; and WHEREAS, words with double underlined type shall constitute additions to the original text and stfike through type shall constitute deletions to the original text; and asterisks (* * *) indicate that text shall remain unchanged from the language existing prior to the adoption of this Ordinance. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ENACTED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF CASSELBERRY, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS: SECTION I. Legislative Findings. The above recitals are hereby adopted as the legislative findings of the City Commission. The City Commission finds and determines that there is competent substantial evidence to support the findings and determinations made in this Section. Ordinance 24 —1605 1of4