ORDINANCE NO. 260196
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Sponsor: Director of City Planning and Development Department
Amending Chapter 28, Code of Ordinances, Floodplain Management, by repealing Sections 28-51, 28-52 and 28-53, and enacting in lieu thereof new sections of like number and subject matter to implement changes required by Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Community Rating System.
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WHEREAS, per Ordinance No. 230932, City Council adopted the Federal Emergency Management Agency's ("FEMA") Flood Insurance Rate Maps for the City to continue to participate in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP); and
WHEREAS, the City participates in FEMA's Community Rating System program ("CRS"), a voluntary incentive program that encourages floodplain management practices that exceed the minimum requirements of NFIP, which helps residents access discounted flood insurance premiums; and
WHEREAS, CRS requires certain changes be made to Chapter 28, Floodplain Management, for Kansas City to remain a Class 8 community or improve a class, a designation that determines the discount on flood insurance premiums; and
WHEREAS, these changes include requiring mechanical and equipment (M&E) 1-foot elevation and removal of the exception for manufactured home elevations in existing parks; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That Chapter 28, Code of Ordinances of Kansas City, Missouri, is hereby amended by repealing sections 28-51, 28-52 and 28-53, relating to flood hazard reduction, and enacting in lieu thereof new sections of like number and subject matter to read as follows:
Sec. 28-51. General standards.
(a) No permit for floodplain development shall be granted for new construction, substantial-improvements, and other improvements, including the placement of manufactured homes, within any numbered or unnumbered A zones, AE, AO, and AH zones, unless the conditions of this section are satisfied.
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