HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1995-042 � �
ORDINANCE NO. 95-42
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY CODE OF THE CITY
OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, BY AMENDING SECTION 7-186,
BASIS FOR ESTABLISHING THE AREAS OF SPECIAL
FLOOD HAZARD, ARTICLE IX OF CHAPTER 7 RELATING
TO FLOOD DAMAGE PREVENTION; PROVIDING A
PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF TWO HUNDRED
DOLLARS (5200.00) AND A SEPARATE OFFENSE SHALL
BE DEEMED COMMITTED UPON EACH DAY DURING OR
ON WHICH A VIOLATION OCCURS; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE;
AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY
WHEREAS, the effective date of the revisions to the Flood Insurance Rate Map
(FIRM) is August 2, 1995, and
WHEREAS, cities are required to enact flood damage prevention regulations
which meet or exceed the minimum criteria stated in 44 CFR, Chapter I, Part 60.3 (d)
°�"�' of the NFIP regulations prior to the effective date of the FIRM revisions, and
�' WHEREAS, due to the revision to the Flood Insurance Rate Maps dated
August 2, 1995, the City of Grapevine is required to amend its Flood Damage
Prevention Ordinance to reflect the new effective date of the FIRM revisions, and
WHEREAS, a city's eligibility for participation in the National Flood Insurance
Program is contingent upon the city enforcing the most current flood plain
management criteria adopted by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS:
Section 1 . That Section 7-186, Article 1X of Chapter 7 of the City Code of the
City of Grapevine, Texas, relating to Flood Damage Prevention is hereby amended as
follows:
"Section 7-186 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
r�, Insurance Study for the City of Grapevine, Texas," dated August 2, 1995, with
accompanying flood insurance rate maps and flood boundary-floodway maps
(FIRM and FBFM) and any revisions thereto are hereby adopted by reference
and declared to be a part of this article. The flood insurance study is on file in
� the Department of Public Works, 307 W. Dallas Road, Grapevine, Texas."
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All other existing sections, subsections, paragraphs, sentences, definitions, phrases
and words of said City Code are not amended, but shall remain intact and are hereby
ratified, verified and affirmed.
Section 2. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of
this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction in the
Municipal Court, shall be fined in an amount not to exceed the sum of Two Hundred
Dollars ($200.00) for each offense and a separate offense shall be deemed committed
each day during or on which an offense occurs or continues.
Section 3. If any section, article, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or word
in this ordinance, or application thereto any person or circumstance is held invalid or
unconstitutional by a Court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the
validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance; and the City Council hereby
declares it would have passed such remaining portions of this ordinance despite such
invalidity, which remaining portions shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 4. The fact that the present ordinances and regulations of the City of
Grapevine, Texas do not adequately address the imposition of the lot to lot drainage
" policies and subsequent drainage inspection fees within the City creates an emergency
and the preservation of the public health, safety, and welfare requires that this
��� ordinance take effect immediately from and after the date of its passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS on this the 2oth day of ,lune , 1995.
APPROVED:
W Iliam D. Tate
Mayor
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ATTEST:
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Li a Huff
City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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John F. Boyle, Jr.
City Attorney
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