HomeMy WebLinkAbout1988-04-14 - ORDINANCES - COMPLIANCE FLOOD HAZARD (2)ORDINANCE NO. 88-19
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SANTA CLARITA REGULATING CONSTRUCTION
!` WITHIN FLOOD HAZARD AREAS ESTABLISHED BY AND
IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT AND NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE
PROGRAM AS AN URGENCY MEASURE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA DOES
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. All construction activities within
flood prone areas designated "A Zone" by the National Flood
Insurance Program shall hereby comply with applicable and
current Federal flood plain management regulations defined
in Title 44, Code of Federal Regulations, Section 60.3, and
amendments.
SECTION 2. This Ordinance shall be referred to
as the City of Santa Clarita Flood Plain Management
Ordinance.
SECTION 3. The provisions of this Ordinance
supersede any codified or non -codified ordinance of the
Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles regarding
construction activities within flood prone areas designated
"A Zone" by the National Flood Insurance program and which
require compliance with Federal flood plain regulations.
SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify the
passage of this ordinance and cause it to be posted in the
manner prescribed by law.
SECTION 5. Urgency. This Ordinance is passed
for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health
or safety. The facts constituting the urgency are these:
residents of the City of Santa Clarita, prior to the
incorporation of the City, participated in the National
Flood Insurance Program. Since incorporation of the City of
Santa Clarita, the residents have been unable to participate
in the National Flood Insurance Program and will remain
unable unless and until this Ordinance takes effect. The
public peace, health, or safety demands that residents are
able to enter into this insurance program immediately.
Therefore, this Ordinance shall take effect immediately.
TBM/ORD0010
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOP ED this 14thday
of April 1988.
MAYOR
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was
duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Santa
Clarita at a regular meeting thereof, held on the 14th day
of April , 1988, by the following vote of the Council:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS Boyer,. Darcy, Heidt, Koontz, McKeon
NOTES: COUNCILMEMBERS
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS Z4
CIT CLERK `