HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 84-14 RESOLUTION NO. ~q-lk~
CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF THE
COLONY, TEXAS, RELATING TO THE APPLICATION FOR
FLOOD INSURANCE; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, certain areas of The Colony, Texas, are subject to periodic
flooding, or flood-related erosion, causing serious damages to properties within
these areas; and
WHEREAS, relief is available in the form of Federally subsidized flood
insurance as authorized by the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968; and
WHEREAS, it is the intent of the City Council to require the recognition
and evaluation of flood or flood-related erosion hazards in all official actions
relating to land use in areas having these hazards; and
WHEREAS, this body has the legal authority to adopt land use and control
measures to reduce future flood losses pursuant to Art. 1125, V.A.T.S.,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS:
Section 1. The City Council of the City of The Colony, Texas, hereby
assures the Federal Insurance Administration that it will enact as necessary, and
maintain in force in those areas having flood or flood-related erosion hazards,
adequate land use and control measures with effective enforcement provisions
consistent with the Criteria set forth in Section 1910 of the National Flood
Insurance Program Regulations;
Section 2. The City Council of the City of The Colony, Texas vests the
City Manager with the responsibility, authority and means to:
(a) Assist the Administrator, at his request, in his delineation of the
limits of the area having special flood or flood-related erosion hazards.
(b) Provide such information as the Administrator may request
concerning present uses and occupancy of the flood plain or flood-related
erosion areas.
(c) Cooperate with Federal, State and local agencies and private firms
which undertake to study, survey, map and identify flood plain or flood-
related erosion areas, and cooperate with neighboring communities with
respect to management of adjoining flood plain and/or flood-related
erosion areas in order to prevent aggravation of existing hazards.
(d) Submit on the anniversary date of the community's trial eligibility
an annual report to the Administration on the progress made during the
past year within the community in the development and implementation
of flood plain management measures.
(e) Upon occurrence, notify the Administrator in writing whenever the
boundaries of the community have been modified by annexation or the
community has otherwise assumed or no longer has authority to adopt and
enforce floodplain management regulations for a particular area. In order
that all Flood Hazard Boundary Maps and Flood Insurance Rate Maps
accurately represent the community's boundaries, include within such
notification a copy of a map of the community suitable for reproduction,
clearly delineating the new corporate limits or new area for which the
community has assumed or relinquished flood plain management regula-
tory authority.
Section 3. Appoints the City Manger or a duly appointed representative
to maintain for public inspection and to furnish upon request, for the
determination of applicable flood insurance risk premium rates within all areas
having special flood hazards identified on a Flood Hazard Boundary Map or Flood
Insurance Rate Map, any certificates of flood-proofing, and information on the
elevation (in relation to mean sea level) of the level of the lowest habitable
floor (including basement if habitable) of all new or substantially improved
structures, and include whether or not such structures contain a basement, and
if the structure has been floodproofed the elevation (in relation to mean sea
level) to which the structure was floodproofed.
Section 4. The City Council agrees to take such other official action as
may be reasonably necessary to carry out the objectives of the program.
Section 5. That this Resolution shall take effect immediately from and
after its adoption and it is so resolved.
PASSED AND APPROVED this I(~ day of~__, 1984.
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney