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. . ORDINANCE NO. l452 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPl'ER 10 1/2, ENTITLED "FUX>D DAMAGE PREVENTION ORDINANCE": MAKING FINDINGS OF FACT AND RECITING STATU'IDRY AU'IHORIZATICN FOR SAID CHAPl'ER 10 1/2, AND MAKING A STATEMENT OF THE PURPOSES OF SAME: PROVIDING CERl'AIN DEFINI- TIONS: EsrABLISHING ':mE lAND WITHIN THE CITY OF LA PORl'E TO WHICH THIS ORDINANCE APPLIES, AND THE BASIS FOR \tiICH SAID lANDS WERE DErr'ERMINED: PROVIDING FOR A FLOOD PIAIN BUIIDING PERMIT: PROVIDING THAT NO STRUC'lURE OR LAND SHALL BE LOCATED, ALTERED, OR HAVE ITS USE CHANGED WITHOUI' FULL COMPLIANCE WITH THIS ORDINANCE: PROVID~ FOR THE DESIGNATION OF A FUX>D PIAIN AIMINISTRATOR FOR THE CITY OF LA PORrE, TO AD!IINISTER THIS ORDINANCE AND PERMIT PROCEDURES: PROVIDING FOR A VARIANCE PROCEDURE, TO BE ADrrNISTERED BY THE PIANNING AND .ZONING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LA PORrE: PROVIDING GENERAL AND SPECIFIC srANDARDS'FOR FUX>D PIAIN HAZARD REIXJcrION, AND srANDARDS FOR AREAS OF ~ FUX>DING: PROVIDING STANDARDS FOR DEVELOPMENl' PROPOSALS WITHIN THE CITY OF LA PORI'E: FINDING" CoMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW: PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CIAUSE: PROVIDINQ A PENAL CIAUSE: AND PROVIDING AN EFFECI'IVE DATE HEREOF: WHEREAS, the Legislature of the State of Texas has in Article 8280-13, v. T. C. S., as amended, delegated the responsibility to local governmental units to adopt regulations designed to minimize flood losses: and WHEREAS, flood hazard areas of the City of La Porte are subject to periodic irnmdation which results in loss of life and property, health and safety hazards, disruption of ccmnerce and governmental services, and extraordinary public expendi- tures for flood protection and relief, all of which adversely affect the public health, safety and general welfare: and WHEREAS, these flood losses are created by the cumulative effect of ob.. structions in flood plains which cause an increase in flood heights and velocities, and by the occupancy of flood hazards areas by uses vulnerable to floods and hazar- deus to other lands because they are inadequately elevated, floodproofed, or other- wise protected fran flood danage: and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of La Porte deems it necessaxy in order to pratOte the public health, safety and general welfare and to minimize public and private losses due to flood conditions in specific areas by provision designed to: To protect hmnan life and health: To minimize expenditure of public noney for costly flood control projects: To ndnimize the need for rescue and relief efforts associated with flooding and generally undertaken at the expense of the general public: