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INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMEMBER PRICE BILL NO. 8019 ORDINANCE NO. 5809 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 12A OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF UNIVERSITY CITY, RELATING TO FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT, BY REPEALING SECTION 12A-1 THEREOF, AS ENACTED BY ORDINANCE NO. 5601, ENACTED MAY 18, 1987, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS, AND ENACTING IN LIEU THEREOF A NEW SECTION TO BE KNOWN AS "SECTION 12A-1. DEFINITIONS", IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN REVISIONS NOW REQUIRED BY REVISED FEDERAL RULES, BY ADDING A DEFINITION FOR "SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE" AND REVISING THE DEFINITION OF "SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT"; AND PROVIDING A PENALTY. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF UNIVERSITY CITY, MISSOURI AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Chapter 12A of the Municipal Code of the City of University City, Missouri relating to Floodplains Management by repealing Section 12A-1 thereof, as enacted by Ordinance No. 5601 enacted May 18, 1987, and enacting in lieu thereof a new Section to be known as "Section 12A-1. Definitions", by adding a definition for "Substantial damage" and revising the definition of "Substantial improvement", relating to the same subject, and re-enacting said section so that said section, as so amended, shall read as follows: Chapter 12A Floodplain Management ~ec. ]~2A-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 chapter its most reasonable application. "Appeal" means a request for a review of the local administrator's interpretation of any provision of this chapter or a request for a variance. "Area of shallow flooding" means a designated AO Zone on a community's Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) with base flood depths from one to three feet 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 floodplain 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.