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INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMAN ADAMS BILL NO. 7246 ORDINANCE NO. _5083 AN ORDINANCE SETTING FORTH FLOOD PLAIN MANAGEMENT STANDARDS FOR DESIGNATED FLOOD HAZARD AREAS ALONG THE RIVER-DES-PERES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STANDARDS SET FORTH BY THE FEDERAL FLOOD INSURANCE ADMINISTRATION, AND PROVIDING A PENALTY. WHEREA~-~he flood hazard areas of University City are subject to periodic inundation which results in property, health and safety hazards, dis- ruption of commerce and governmental services\ extraordinary public expenditures for flood protection and relief, and impairment of the tax base, all of which adversely affect the public health, safety and general ~elfare; and WHEREAS, these flood losses are caused by the cumulative effect of obstructions in flood plains causing increases in flood heights and velocities, and by the occupancy in flood hazard areas by uses vulnerable to floods or hazardous to other lands which are inadequately elevated, floodproofed, or otherwise protected from flood damages. WHEREAS, it is the purpose of this ordinance to promote the public health, safety and general welfare and to minimize public and private losses due to flood conditions in specific areas by provisions designed to: {1) Restrict or prohibit uses which are dangerous to health, safety and property due to water or erosion or in flood heights or velocities. {2) Require that uses vulnerable to floods, including facilities which serve such uses, be protected against flood damage at the time of initial construction. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF UNIVERSITY CITY, AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Definitions. Unless specifically defined below, words or phrases used in this ordinance shall be interpreted so as to give them the meaning they have in common usage and to give this ordinance its most reasonable application. Appeal means a request for a review of the local administrator's interpretation of any provision of this ordinance or a request for a variance. Area of shallow floodinR means a designated AO Zone on a con~nunity's Floor Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) with base flood depths from one to three .f~?et where a clearly defined channel does not exist, where the path of flooding is unpredictable and indeterminate, and where velocity flow may be evident. Area of special flood hazard is the land in the'flood plain within a community subject to a one percent or greater chance of flooding in any given year. Base flood means the flood having a one percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year.