1985-09-16 Public Hearing and Special Meeting

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e e ORDINANCE NO. 1'I~2, AN ORDINANCE REPEALING CHAPTER 10 1/2 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LA FORI'E, TEXAS, ENTITLED " FLOOD HAZARD AREA REGULATIOOS", AND REPLACING SAID CHAPTER 10 1/2 BY ENACTING A NEW ORDINANCE, ENTITLED "FLOOD DAMAGE PREVENTIOO ORDINANCE"; MAKING FINDINGS OF FACT AND RECITING STATUTORY AU'IHORIZATIOO FOR SAID NEW CHAPTER 10 1/2, AND MAKING A STATEMENT OF THE PURPOSES OF SAME; PRO- VIDING CERI'AIN DEFINITIOOS; ESTABLISHING THE LAND WITHIN TIlE CITY OF LA FORm 'IO WHICH THIS ORDINANCE APPLIES, AND THE BASIS FOR WHICH SAID IANOO WERE DETER- MINED; ProVIDING FOR A FLOOD PLAIN BUILDING PERMIT; ProVIDING THAT NO STRUCIURE OR LAND SHALL BE LOCATED, ALTERED, OR HAVE ITS USE CHANGED WITHOUT FULL COM- PLIANCE WITH TIlIS ORDINANCE; PROVIDING FOR TIlE DESIGNATION OF A FLOOD PIAIN ArMINISTRA'IOR FOR THE CITY OF LA FORm, 'IO ArMINISTER THIS ORDINANCE AND PERMIT PROCEOORES; PROVIDING FOR A VARIANCE PROCEDURE, 'IO BE ArMINISTERED BY TIlE PlANNING AND ZONING CQMMISSIOO OF THE CITY OF LA FORm; PROVIDING GENERAL AND SPECIFIC STANDARDS FOR FLOOD PIAIN HAZARD REDUCTION, AND STANDARDS FOR AREAS OF SHALI.<M FLCX)DING; ProVIDING STANDARIE FOR DEVEIDPMENT PROPOSALS WITHIN TIlE CITY OF LA PORI'E; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENAL CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF; WHEREAS, the legislature of the State of Texas has in Article 8280-13, V. T. C. S., as arrenred, delegated the responsibility to local governmental uni ts to adopt regulations resigned to minimize flood losses; and WHEREAS, flood hazard areas of the City of La Porte are subject to periodic inundation which results in loss of life and property, health and safety hazards, disruption of camerce and goverrurental services, and extraordinary public expendi- tures for flood protection and relief, all of which adversely affect the public health, safety and general ~lfare; and WHEREAS, these flood losses are created by the cumulati ve 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- dous to other lands because they are inadequalety elevated, floodproofed, or other- wise protected fran flood damage; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of La Porte reems it necessary in order to pranote the public health, safety and general welfare and to minimize public and private losses due to flood conditions in specific areas by provision resigned to: To protect human life and health; To minimize expenditure of public money for costly flood control projects; To minimize the need for rescue and relief efforts associated with flooding and generally undertaken at the expense of the general public;