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FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT DISTRICT AND FLORIDA BUILDING CODE AMENDMENTS - TEXT CHANGE
Ordinance No. 130984
An ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, amending the Code of Ordinances relating to floodplain management; by repealing the existing Subdivision II. - Flood Control District, Sections 30-280 through 30-290 within Article VIII, Division 3 of Chapter 30; adopting a new Subdivision II. - Floodplain Management District, Sections 30-280 through 30-295 within Article VIII, Division 3 of Chapter 30; adopting a new Section 6-16 - Local Administrative Amendments to the Florida Building Code and a new Section 6-17 - Local Technical Amendments to the Florida Building Code within Chapter 6 to coordinate with the Florida Building Code and implement the National Flood Insurance Program; providing a fiscal impact statement; providing directions to the codifier; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an immediate effective date.
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The City Commission adopt the proposed ordinance.
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PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT STAFF REPORT
This ordinance will replace the Flood Control District sections of the Land Development Code (Sections 30-280 through 30-290) with the Florida Building Code (FBC) model Floodplain Ordinance approved by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in January 2013. The 2010 FBC became effective on March 15, 2012, and included new floodplain management regulations. The new regulations require Florida's local jurisdictions to revise their existing flood control ordinances for consistency with the new 2010 FBC. To facilitate this process, the Florida Division of Emergency Management has developed a model Floodplain Ordinance for local jurisdictions to adopt. The proposed changes will not affect or alter the adopted FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps.
Adoption of the model Floodplain Ordinance is necessary for several reasons:
* The model Floodplain Ordinance wil...
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