HomeMy WebLinkAbout91-38 - Amending Chapter 15.50 of the Newport Beach Municipal Code Pertaining to Flood Damage PreventionNO. 91- 38
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF NEWPORT BEACH AMENDING CHAPTER 15.50 OF THE
NEWPORT BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO
FLOOD DAMAGE PREVENTION.
•The City Council of the City of Newport Beach does hereby
ordain as follows:
SECTION 1: Section 15.50.070 of Chapter 15.50 of the
Newport Beach Municipal Code is amended to read:
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Section 15.50.070 Basis For Establishing The Areas Of Special
Flood Hazard. The areas of special flood hazard identified by the
Federal Emergency Management Agency or the Federal Insurance
Administration in a scientific and engineering report entitled
"Flood Insurance Study Orange County and Incorporated Areas ", dated
September, 1989, with an accompanying Flood Insurance Rate Map is
hereby adopted by reference and declared to be a part of this
• Chapter. This Flood Insurance Study is on file at 3300 Newport
Boulevard, Newport Beach, California (92659- 1768). This Flood
Insurance Study is the minimum area of applicability of this
Chapter and may be supplemented by studies for other areas which
allow implementation of this Chapter and which are recommended to
the City Council by the Floodplain Administrator. Notwithstanding
the building pad elevations established by the Flood Insurance Rate
Maps, the minimum required first floor finished floor elevation for
the interior living areas of all new structures shall be at least
6.27 Mean Sea Level consistent with the Public Works Department
standard for bulkhead elevation.
SECTION 2: The Mayor shall sign and the City Clerk shall
attest to the passage of this ordinance. The City Clerk shall
cause the same to be published once in the official newspaper of
the City, and it shall be effective thirty (30) days after its
adoption.
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SECTION 3: This ordinance was introduced at a regular
meeting of the City Council of the City of Newport Beach, held on
the 23rd day of September , 1991, and adopted on the 14th day of
October , 1991, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES, COUNCILMEMBERS KEDGES, WATT,
• TURNER, SANSONE, HART
NOES, COUNCILMEMBERS NONE
ABSENT COUNCILMEMBERS COX, PLUMER
MAYO �•o-}+—'
ATTES
CITY CLERK
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