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PLANNING & ZONING BOARD /
LOCAL PLANNING AGENCY
ITEM 500
Consent
Informational
Public Hearin
Re ular
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December 5, 2007
Meeting
REQUEST:
The Public Works Department - Stormwater Division requests the Planning & Zoning Board /
Local Planning Agency hold a Public Hearing related to Ordinance 2007-32 which amends
Chapter 8 - Flood Damage Prevention.
PURPOSE:
The purpose of this Public Hearing is for the Planning & Zoning Board / Local Planning Agency
to consider proposed changes to Chapter 8 - Flood Damage Prevention. The proposed changes
consist of the adoption of new flood maps recently issued by the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) and several administrative revisions.
APPLICABLE LAW AND PUBLIC POLICY:
Florida Municipal Home Rule Powers Act.
Section 166.041(3)(c). Florida Statutes.
Winter Sprinl!s Charter Section 4.15 Ordinances in General.
Winter Sprinl!s Section 20-57. Duties of the Planning and Zoning Board.
CHRONOLOGY:
September 28. 2007 - FEMA officially issued new Flood Insurance Rate Maps
Nov. 25.2007 - Public Noticing in Orlando Sentinel ofLPA Public Hearing
Dec. 5. 2007 - LP A to hear the request and make recommendation to the Commission
CONSIDERATIONS:
. Flood Insurance Rate Maps are created by FEMA to illustrate the limits of the Special
Flood Hazard Area, which is defined as an area of land that would be inundated by a
flood having a 1 % chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year. The 1 % flood
is also referred to as the "base flood" or "100-year flood." The Special Flood Hazard
Area is more commonly known as the "100-year floodplain" or more simply as the "flood
December 5,2007
P&Z/LPA PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA ITEM 500
zone." The flood maps show the horizontal limits ofthe 100-year floodplain, and in most
areas the flood maps identify the flood elevation expected to be reached during the 1 %
flood event, which is known as the "base flood elevation."
. On September 28, 2007, FEMA officially issued new Flood Insurance Rate Maps for all
of Seminole County including the City of Winter Springs. The new flood maps were
issued in preliminary form in February 2006, and the final maps are unchanged from the
preliminary maps.
. The Flood Maps covering Winter Springs were last updated in 1995. The new Flood
Maps have been updated to reflect the development and other natural changes in the
environment over the past 12 years. The new Flood Maps are more accurate and support
a flood insurance program that is more closely aligned with actual risk.
. Ordinance 2007-32 amends Chapter 8 - Flood Damage Prevention to officially adopt the
new flood maps and to make several other related administrative changes. No policy
changes are proposed by Ordinance 2007-32.
. The new Flood Insurance Rate Maps are available for viewing on the City's website,
www.winterspringsfl.org, under "Public Notices" and "FEMA Flood Modernization
Information." The new flood map is also posted in the lobby at City Hall.
. Staff performed a detailed review and comparison of the new Flood Insurance Rate Maps
to the old maps and found that:
o Approximately 250 properties that were previously outside the Special Flood
Hazard Area (SFHA) appear to be either partially or fully within the SFHA under
the new map;
o Approximately 405 properties appear to have been removed from the SFHA; and
o Approximately 985 properties that were in the SFHA appear to still be in the
SFHA (no change)
City property owners affected by the Special Flood Hazard Area have been mailed
notices indicating whether their property has been added, removed, or remains within the
Special Flood Hazard Area based on the new flood maps.
FINDINGS:
. Ordinance 2007-32 amends Chapter 8 - Flood Damage Prevention to be consistent with
FEMA's new flood maps.
. The adoption of Ordinance 2007-32 is in the best interests of the public health, safety, and
welfare of the citizens of Winter Springs.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
December 5,2007
P&Z/LPA PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA ITEM 500
Staff recommends that the Planning & Zoning BoardlLP A hold a Public Hearing related to
Ordinance 2007-32, and make recommendation of Approval to the City Commission.
IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE:
Dec. 10,2007- City Commission First Reading of Ordinance 2007-32
Dec. 27, 2007- Public Noticing in Orlando Sentinel for 2nd Reading (10 days prior)
Jan. 14,2008- City Commission Second Reading /Adoption of Ordinance 2007-32
ATTACHMENTS:
A. Noticing in Orlando Sentinel
B. Ordinance 2007-32
PLANNING & ZONING BOARDILPA RECOMMENDATION:
ATTACHMENT A
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ATTACHMENT B
ORDINANCE NO. 2007-32
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF mE
CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA, AMENDING,
CHAPTER 8. FLOOD DAMAGE PREVENTION,
CONSISTENT WITH FEMA'S NEW FLOOD MAPS;
PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF PRIOR INCONSISTENT
ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS; PROVIDING FOR
INCORPORATION INTO THE CODE; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
WHEREAS, the City is granted the authority, under ~ 2(b), Art. VITI of the State
Constitution, to exercise any power for municipal purposes, except when expressly prohibited by
law; and
WHEREAS, the Federal Emergency Management Agency ("FEMA") has undertaken an
effort of flood hazard identification and mapping to update Flood Insurance Rate Map ("FIRM") in
order to illustrate the limits of the Special Flood Hazard Areas in the City; and
WHEREAS, the City-wide version ofthe Final FIRM Floodplain Map of Seminole County
and Incorporated Cities, including the City of Winter Springs became effective on September 28,
2007; and
WHEREAS, the City recognizes that the Code should be updated to incorporate the changes
in the FIRM; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission ofthe City of Winter Springs, Florida, hereby finds this
ordinance to be in the best interests ofthe public health, safety, and welfare ofthe citizens of Winter
Springs.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF WINTER
SPRINGS HEREBY ORDAINS, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Recitals. The foregoing recitals are hereby fully incorporated herein by
reference as legislative findings of the City Commission of Winter Springs.
Section 2. Code Amendment. The City of Winter Springs Code Chapter 8. Flood
Damage Prevention is hereby amended as follows (underlined type indicates additions and sb ikc,out
type indicates deletions, while asterisks (* * *) indicate a deletion from the Ordinance oftext existing
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Page 1 of6
in Chapter 8. It is intended that the text in Chapter 8 denoted by the asterisks and set forth in this
Ordinance shall remain unchanged from the language existing prior to adoption of this ordinance):
CHAPTER 8. FLOOD DAMAGE PREVENTION
ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL
Section 8-1. Definitions.
***
Area of shallow flooding. A designated ~ AH, 01 VO zone on the Flood Insurance Rate Map
(FIRM). The base flood depths range from one (1) to three (3) feet, a clearly defined channel does
not exist, the path of flooding is unpredictable and indeterminate, and velocity flow may be evident.
Area of special flood hazard. The land in the floodplain within a community subject to a one-percent
or greater chance of flooding in anyone (1) given year. This term is svnonymous with the phrase
"Soecial Flood Hazard Area (SFHA)'''
Base flood. The flood having a one-percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year
(also called the '~100-year flood" and the "regulatory flood").
Base flood elevation. The crest elevation in relation to mean sea level (MSL) (using National
ac,odc,tk North American Vertical Datum of 1988 - NA VD 88) expected to be reached during a
flood which encompasses the regulatory floodplain.
***
Elevated buildinf!. A non-basement building built to have the lowest floor elevated above the !!found
level by foundation walls. posts. Diers. columns. pilim!s. or shear walls.
***
Existinf! construction. For the purposes of floodolain management. existinl! construction means the
structures for which the start of construction commenced before the date of the initial Flood
Insurance Rate Map (FIRM). For the purpose of determining rate structures. existing construction
means the start of construction commenced before the effective date of the first FIRM or before
January 1. 1975. for FIRMs effective before that date. This term may also be referred to as "existing
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Page 2 of6
structures. "
***
Freeboard. The additional height. usually expressed as a factor of safety in feet. above a flood level
for pw:poses of floodplain management. Freeboard tends to compensate for many unknown factors
such as wave action. bridge openings. and the hydrological effect of the urbanization of the
watershed that could contribute to the flood heights greater than the height calculated for a selected
frequency flood and floodway conditions.
***
Lowest adiacent flrade. The lowest elevation of the ground. sidewalk. patio. deck sUPl'ort or
basement entrywav immediatelv next to the structure. after comoletion of construction.
***
Mean sea level (MSL). The average height ofthe sea for all stages of the tide. It is used as a reference
for establishing '\1arying various elevations within the floodplain. For purposes of this chapter, the
term is synonymous with National Geodetic North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NGVD
NA VD 88).
***
lVutivflul Geoddil, Veltical DutUffI (NGVD}. As ,ol1ected in 1929, 1~GVD is a vertical conttol used
as a Ideien" WI est.mlishing varying elevations within the floodplain.
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (]VA VD 88). The vertical control used as a reference for
establishing varving elevations within the floodplain.
***
Special flood hazard area (SFHA). An Mea having The same area of the special flood hazard and
shown on the FIRM as Zone A, AI--AI0, AE;-1t99 & AH.
***
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Page 3 of6
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Water surface elevation. The height, in relation to the National OGodGtk North American Vertical
Datum of 1988 (NOVD NA VD 88) of 1929, (01 OthGl dAttlm, ~hGIG ~pcdfkd) of floods of various
magnitudes and frequencies in the floodplains of coastal or riverine areas.
***
Section 8-5. Basis for establishing areas of special flood hazard.
The areas of special flood hazard identified by the PCdGlal hlStUanCc Admini~ttation (FItrJ
ofthe-Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in.ll:f!he Flood Insurance Study
(FIA's')ll for Seminole County dated Aplil 17, 1995 September 28. 2007 and with the
accompanying Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) and other supporting data flood bonndmJ
and flood~a)i nUlp and flood instuanGG 1~ map and all subsequent amendments and/or
revisions are hereby adopted by reference and declared to be a part ofthis chapter. The FIS
flood in~m anCG ~tu~ and FIRM attcnd.mt mapping i~ ~ the minimum area of applicability
and may be supplemented by_studies for other areas which allow implementation of this
chapter and which are recommended to the city by the floodplain administrator. tIhe ~
FIRMS FIS and FDFM~ FIRM are on file at the city hall, 1126 East State Road 434, Winter
Springs, Florida, 32708.
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ARTICLE II. ADMINISTRATION
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Section 8-32. Duties and responsibilities ofthe floodplain administrator.
Duties ofthe floodplain administrator shall include, but not be limited to:
(1) Permit review. Review all buildim! and development permits to determine that:
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(4) Issuance of permit and record keeping. After ascertaining that all requirements of this
chapter have been met, the floodplain administrator may issue the building or development
permit. After issuance ofthe permit, the local administrator shall:
a. Acquire a flood elevation or floodproofing certificate after the lowest floor is
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completed. Within twenty-one (21) calendar days of establishment ofthe lowest floor
elevation or floodproofing by whatever construction means, it shall be the duty ofthe
permit holder to submit to the city manager a certification of the elevation of the
lowest floor or floodproofed elevation, as built, in relation to mean sea level. Such
certification shall be prepared by or under the direct supervision of a registered land
surveyor or professional engineer and certified by same. When floodproofing is
utilized for a particular building, such certification shall be prepared by or under the
direct supervision of a professional engineer or architect and certified by same. Any
work done within the twenty-one-day calendar period and prior to submission of the
certification shall be at the permit holder's risk. The city manager or designated
subordinate shall review the flood elevation survey data submitted. Deficiencies
detected by such review shall be corrected by the permit holder immediately and
prior to further progressive work being permitted to proceed. Failure to submit the
surveyor failure to make such corrections required hereby, shall be cause to issue a
stop work order for the project.
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Section 3. Repeal of Prior Inconsistent Ordinances and Resolutions. All prior
inconsistent ordinances and resolutions adopted by the City Commission, or parts of prior ordinances
and resolutions in conflict herewith, are hereby repealed to the extent of the conflict.
Section 4. Incorporation Into Code. This Ordinance shall be incorporated into the
Winter Springs City Code and any section or paragraph, number or letter, and any heading may be
changed or modified as necessary to effectuate the foregoing. Grammatical, typographical, and like
errors may be corrected and additions, alterations, and omissions, not affecting the construction or
meaning of this Ordinance and the City Code may be freely made.
Section 5. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, word or
provision of this ordinance is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of
competent jurisdiction, whether for substantive, procedural, or any other reason, such portion shall
be deemed a separate, distinct and independent provision, and such holding shall not affect the
validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance.
Section 6. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon
adoption by the City Commission of the City of Winter Springs, Florida, and pursuant to the City
Charter.
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ADOPTED by the City Commission of the City of Winter Springs, Florida, in a regular
meeting assembled on the _ day of , 2007.
JOHN F. BUSH, Mayor
ATTEST:
ANDREA LORENZO-LUACES
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM AND SUFFICIENCY
FOR THE CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS ONLY.
ANTHONY A. GARGANESE
City Attorney
First Reading:
Second Reading:
Effective Date of Ordinance:
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