HomeMy WebLinkAbout1988-07-14 - RESOLUTIONS - FLOOD INSURANCE (2)RESOLUTION NO. 88-93
f' A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANTA CLARITA APPLYING FOR FLOOD INSURANCE
AND REPEALING RESOLUTION NO. 88-50
WHEREAS, certain areas of Santa Clarita are subject to periodic
flooding, mudslides (i.e., mudflows), or flood -related erosion, causing
serious damages to properties within these areas; and
WHEREAS, relief is available in the form of Federally subsidized
flood insurance as authorized by the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968;
and
WHEREAS, it is the intent of the City Council of the City of Santa
Clarita to require the recognition and evaluation of flood, mudslide
(i.e., mudflows), or flood -related erosion hazards in all official actions
relating to land use in areas having these hazards; and
WHEREAS, by virtue of Government Code Sections 65302, 65560, and
65800, this body has legal authority to adopt land use and control
measures to reduce future flood losses pursuant to the National Flood
Insurance Act of 1968 as modified by the Flood Disaster Protection Act of
1973.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City
of Santa Clarita hereby:
Section 1. Assures the Federal Insurance Administration that it
F will enact as necessary, and maintain in force in those areas having
flood, mudslide (i.e., mudflows), or flood -related erosion hazards,
adequate land use and control measures with effective enforcement
provisions consistent with the criteria set forth in Section 44CFR Section
59 et.seq. of the NFIP Regulations.
Section 2. Vests the City Engineer, T.A. Tidemanson, of the Los
Angeles County Department of Public Works with the responsibility,
authority, and means to:
(a) Assist the Administrator at his request, in his delineation of
the limits of the area having special flood, mudslide (i.e., mudflows), or
flood -related erosion hazards.
(b) Provide such information as the Administrator may request
concerning present uses and occupancy of the flood plain; mudslide (i.e.,
mudflows), or flood -related erosion areas.
(c) Cooperate with Federal, State, and local agencies and private
firms which undertake to study, survey, map, and identify floodplain,
mudslide (i.e., mudflows), or flood -related erosion areas, and cooperate
with neighboring communities with respect to management of adjoining
floodplain, mudslide (i.e., mudflows), and/or flood -related erosion areas
in order to prevent aggravation of existing hazards.
(d) Submit on the anniversary date of the community's initial
eligibility an annual report to the Administrator on the progress made
during the past year within the community in the development and
implementation of flood plain management measures.
�- (e) Upon occurrence, notify the Administrator in writing whenever
the boundaries of the community have been modified by annexation or the
community has otherwise assumed or no longer has authority to adopt and
enforce floodplain management regulations for a particular area. In order
that all Flood Hazard Boundary Maps and Flood Insurance Rate Maps
accurately represent the community's boundaries, include within such
notification a copy of a map of the community suitable for reproduction,
clearly delineating the new corporate limits or new area for which the
community has assumed or relinquished flood plain m
authority.
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.Section 3. Appoints the City Manager of the City of Santa Clarita
to maintain for public inspection and to furnish upon request, for the
determination of applicable flood insurance risk premium rates within all
areas having special flood hazards identified on a Flood Hazard Boundary
Map or Flood Insurance Rate Map, any certificates_ of flood -proofing, and
information on the elevation (in relation to mean sea level) of the level
Of the lowest habitable floor (including basement if of
of all new
or substantially improved structures, and include whether or not such
structures contain a basement, and if the structure has been floodproofed
the elevation (in relation to mean sea level)
floodproofed; to which the structure was
Section 4. Agrees to take such other official action as may be
reasonably necessary to carry out the objectives of the program.
Section 5. Resolution No. 88-50 is hereby repealed.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this
1988. 14th day of July ,
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I, George Caravalho , City Clerk of the City of Santa Clarita,
do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 88-93 was regularly
introduced and read at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 14th
day of July , 1988. That thereafter, said Resolution was adopted
and passed at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 14th day of
July 1988, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Boyer, Darcy, Heidt, Koontz, McKeon
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
City Manager