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HomeMy Public PortalAboutORD-CC-1990-03ORDINANCE #90-03 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 89-02 AND 89-03 RELATING TO FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT BY AMENDING PROVISIONS REQUIRED BY FINAL RULES PUBLISHED AUGUST 15, 1989 AND SEPTEMBER 29, 1989, PROMULGATED BY THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACT (FEMA) REVISING THE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM (NFIP). UTAH. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF MOAB CITY, STATE OF DEFINITIONS SECTION ONE: (ORDINANCE 89-02, SECTION 2.0) defining the term "Existing Manufactured Home Park or Subdivision" is hereby repealed and reenacted to read: "Existing manufactured home park or subdivision for which the construction of facilities for servicing the lots on which the manufactured homes are to be affixed (including, at a minimum, the installation of utilities, the construction of streets, and either final site grading or the pouring of concrete pads) is completed before the effective date of the floodplain management regulations adopted by a community. SECTION TWO: (ORDINANCE 89-02, SECTION 2.0) defining the term "Expansion to Existing Manufactured Home" is hereby repealed and reenacted to read: "Expansion to an existing manufactured home park or subdivision" means the preparation of additional sites by the construction of facilities for servicing the lots on which the manufactured homes are to be affixed (including the installation of utilities, the construction of streets, and either final site grading or the pouring of concrete pads.) SECTION THREE: (ORDINANCE 89-02, SECTION 2.0) defining the term "Manufactured Home" is hereby repealed and reenacted to read: "Manufactured Home" means a structure, transportable in one or sections, which is built on a permanent chassis and is designed for use with or without a permanent foundation when attached to the required utilities. The term "manufactured home" does not include a "recreational vehicle." 1 SECTION FOUR: (ORDINANCE 89-02, SECTION 2.0) defining the term "New Manufactured Home Park or Subdivision" is hereby repealed and reenacted to read: "New manufactured home park or subdivision" means a manufactured home park or subdivision for which the construction of facilities for servicing the lots on which the manufactured homes are to be affixed (including at a minimum, the installation of utilities, the construction of streets, and either final site grading or the pouring of concrete pads) is completed on or after the effective date of floodplain management regulations adopted by a community. SECTION FIVE: (ORDINANCE 89-02, SECTION 2.0) defining the term "Recreational Vehicle" is hereby repealed and reenacted to read: "Recreational Vehicle" means a vehicle which is (i) built on a single chassis; (ii) 400 square feet or less when measured at the largest horizontal projections; (iii) designed to be self- propelled or permanently towable by a light duty truck; (iv) designed primarily not for use as a permanent dwelling but as temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, travel, or seasonal use. SECTION SIX: (ORDINANCE 89-02, SECTION 2.0) defining the term "Substantial Improvement" is hereby repealed and reenacted to read: "Substantial improvement" means any reconstruction, rehabilitation, addition, or other improvement of a structure, the cost of which equals or exceeds 50 percent of the market value of the structure before the "start of construction" of the improvement. This term includes structures which have incurred "substantial damage", regardless of the actual repair work performed. The term does not, however, included either: (1) Any project for improvement of a structure to correct existing violations of state or local health, sanitary, or safety code specifications which have been identified by the local code enforcement official and which are the minimum necessary to assure safe living conditions or, (2) Any alteration of a "historic structure", provided that the structure's continued designation as a "historic structure." 2 SECTION SEVEN: (ORDINANCE 89-02, SECTION 2.0) is hereby amended to include a definition for the term "Substantial Damage" to read: "Substantial damage" means damage of any origin sustained by a structure whereby the cost of restoring the structure to its before damaged condition would equal or exceed 50 percent of the market value of the structure before the damage occurred. SECTION EIGHT: (ORDINANCE 89-02, SECTION 2.0) is hereby repealed and reenacted to read: "Manufactured homes to be placed on a single lot or in a new or expansion to an existing manufactured home park or subdivision or in an existing manufactured home park or subdivision on which a manufactured home has incurred substantial as a result of a flood". Require that manufactured homes that are placed or substantially improved within Zones A1-30, AH, and AD on the community's FIRM on sites (i) outside of a manufactured home park or subdivision, (ii) in a new manufactured home park or subdivision, (iii) in an expansion to an existing manufactured home park or subdivision on which a manufactured home has incurred "substantial damage" as the result of a flood, be elevated on a permanent foundation such that the lowest floor of the manufactured home is elevated to or above the base flood elevation and be securely anchored to an adequately anchored foundation system to resist flotation collapse and lateral movement. "Manufactured homes to be placed in an existing manufactured home park or subdivision in which a manufactured home has not incurred substantial damage as a result of a flood". Require that manufactured homes to be placed or substantially improved on sites in an existing manufactured home park or subdivision within Zones A1-30, AH, and AE on the community's FIRM that are not subject to the provision of paragraph (c) (6) of this section be elevated so that either (i) the lowest floor of the manufactured home is at or above the base flood elevation, or (ii) the manufactured home chassis is supported by reinforces piers or other foundation elements of a least equivalent strength that are no less than 36 inches in height above grade and be securely anchored to an adequately anchored foundation system to resist flotation, collapse, and lateral movement. 3 SECTION NINE (ORDINANCE 89-02, SECTION 2.0) is hereby amended to read: "Enclosed space below elevated buildings". Require for all new construction and substantial improvements, that fully enclosed areas below the lowest floor that are unable solely for parking of vehicles, building access or storage in an area other than a basement and which are subject to flooding shall be designed to automatically equalize hydrostatic flood forces on exterior walls by allowing for the entry and exit of floodwaters. Designs for meeting this requirement must either be certified by a registered professional engineer or architect or meet or exceed the following minimum criteria: A minimum of two openings having a total new area of not less than one square inch for every square foot of enclosed area subject to flooding shall be provided. The bottom of all openings shall be no higher than one foot above grade. Openings may be equipped with screens, louvers, valves, or other coverings or devices provided that they permit the automatic entry and exit of floodwaters. DONE IN OPEN COUNCIL this 17th day of April 1990. Seal Attest: Sandra E. Beauregard, Acting Temporary Recorder of Moab City 4 omas A. Stocks, Mayor of Moab City , A.D.,