ORDINANCE NO. 230932
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Sponsor: Director of City Planning and Development Department
Repealing Chapter 28, Code of Ordinances, Floodplain Management, and enacting in lieu thereof a new chapter of like number and subject matter.
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WHEREAS, the Federal Emergency Management Agency ("FEMA") has published updated Flood Insurance Rate Maps ("Maps") that identify locations in the City at risk of flooding and inform City regulations of development in such identified areas; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to 44 CFR ? 60.3(d), FEMA has prescribed ordinance language to comply with federal requirements that sets forth minimum performance standards for new construction or substantially improved structures in special flood hazard areas that the Missouri State Emergency Management Agency (MoSEMA) has also approved and promulgated; and
WHEREAS, passage of this ordinance will meet FEMA's requirement that the Maps be adopted by effective date of December 7, 2023, for the City to continue to participate in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP); NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That Chapter 28, Code of Ordinances of the City of Kansas City, Missouri, is hereby amended by repealing Chapter 28 and enacting in lieu thereof a new chapter, to read as follows:
ARTICLE I.
CHARTER AUTHORIZATION, FINDINGS OF FACT, AND PURPOSES
Sec. 28-1. Charter authorization.
This chapter is adopted pursuant to the authority granted to the city by section 102 of its Charter, adopted under section l9(a) of the Missouri Constitution. Therefore, the City Council ordains as follows:
Sec. 28-2. Findings of fact.
(a) Flood Losses Resulting from Periodic Inundation. The special flood hazard areas of the City are subject to inundation which results in loss of life and property, health and safety hazards, disruption of commerce and governmental services, extraordinary public expenditures for flood protection and re...
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