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�R.AINANC� NO. '99-30
AN O�2DYNANC;� OF TH� CIT'Y �F FRIF.NbS'WOQD, TE7�A5,
AMGNpING CNAPTF.Y2 34 OF TH� FRYEN`bSWOOD CYT'Y COD�,
SAID GHAPTGR 34 A�[1VG �'CAOAS, aY AIV�NT3ING SECTION
34-x�, BY AUYIING a DEFINiTtON oi� Fl.,oapWA�Y ANp
SU�STANTIAU pAMACF.; ANn BY AMENDiNC S�:CTION 34-31
�'Y ANC�1VIlING THE BASIS FOR ESTABI�[SHINC TH� ARFAS
QI' SP�CIAG FIlO(aD �'1AZARD; BY ADUiN� A NE'1� SECTIUN
34-62 TO PROVii�� FOR DEVF.I.OI'M�NT IN TH� FiaQOri'�4'AY;
PROVIDINC �012 tt�:LAT�A MATTF.R�.S; PT�U'�'Yb1NG FOR A
p�NA1..TY JN AN AMOUNT NOT TO �XC�EU $Z,000; ANq
P12.OVIAING FOR SFVFRABII.IT'Y.
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a� IT oRpAIN�D �Y THF CYT'Y GOU1vciI� oF TI�� Cr��v or
FRr�N�S'�VOOD, T�XAS:
Sectian 1. Ghagter �4 oF lhe Code of Ordinances of the City af Friendswc�od,
Texas, said Chapter 34 being the flood area regulatians of lhe City, Section 34-26,
definitiQns, shall be and is hereby revised at�d amendeci by adding the follo�ving
definitians:
Flaad�uvay (Regulatory Floodwa�} means the channel of a river or other
watercourse and tl�c adiacent land areas that must be reserved in order to
discharge ihe base fl�od without cumulatively inere�sing, the watcr surface
cle�vation mare than �desi�nated hei�ht.
Substs�ntiat dama�e means damage af any ori ig'n sustained by a siructure
whereby tha cost of restorin� the structur� to its before dama�e condition
would equal ar exceed fii�� percent (50%)_of the market v&lue df_the
structure before the damage occurred.
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Sectlon 2. Chapter 34 of the Code of Clydinances of the City
o�F�le[1d9WU0d, Texas, said C.hapter 34 being the flopd area regulations of
the C.ity, Section 34�31, aasis for establishing the Ftre�a �f special flood
hazard, is amended by aeleiing the follawing language from the
para�;raph:
[on its flood k�azard haunciary map (F�Ivi), Communit� No. 485468, as
adopted, are hereby adopted by reference and declared to be a part of this
article.]
and replacing it with the follQwing_
in a scientific and en in� eerin� report entitled, "Ths Floud Insuranee Study
far Friendswoad= Texas, Galveston and Harris Counties," dateci September
22, 1999, with accompanying Fload Insurance Rate Map and Flood
$oundary-Floodw$y Maps (FX�21v1 and FSFM� and any revisions thereto
are hereby ad�ted by reference and declaxed to be a ptirrt af this ardinance.
$ection 3. Chaptcr 34 of thc Code oF Ordinances of the City of Fricndsvcraod,
Texas, said Chapter 34 bei�g thc flood area regulations of the City is amended by adding
the follo�ving new Section :�4-C2, Floodways,which�hall provide as follows:
Sec. 3A�-(i2. Floodwa s.
Properly loGaied vvithin Are�ts Uf�ecial flood hazard as eskablished in Section 34-
31= are Areas designated as floodwaxs. Thc Council finds that floodways ara c�ctremel�
hazardous are�s due to the velaciry af flood �cavatecs which carry debris, poteniial
pro1ectiles and eraeion potential, and the fo{Jowing nr�visions shall therefore a�ply to
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lhese areas in ordec to proEect lhe public health, safety, a��d welfare and t� rotect private
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l. �ncroachments into the flaodwaY shall be prohibited iric;luding fi11, ne�cxr
construction, sub�tantial improvemenl� t�nd ot[ier de�velament within thc
adopied re�ul�tory floodway unless it has been demonstrated throu��h
hydrotogic and li draulic_analyses performed in accordanee with standard
en�ineerin� practices that tha propased eneraachment would nat result in
any_increase in Flaad levels within the comrnuniry durin� the occurronce
af the b�se flood discharge.
2. Xf Section 1 al�vc is satisfied, all new constntction and substantial
itn�ements sliail com�l� with all applicable flood hazard �eduction
pro�visions_ of Sections 34-�7 through 34-61, and other applicahlE
regulations af the city or provisions of this Chapter.
�. Under the provisiUns of 44 CFIt Ct�apter, l,r Section 65.12, of the National
Flooci Tnsurance �tegulations, a comxnunitv may permit eperoachmenis
within the adopted regulatory 11ood�va'v lhat wauld result in an inerepse in
base flood cler�ations, pror�ided that the community �rst Ap�{ies for a
conditional F1RM and flaad'uvay revision through F�MA.
Seetiop 4. Except tts alherrvise herein sxpressl�amended, all other provisions
af Chapter 3a of the Code of Qrdin�tnces of the City of Frienclswo�d, Texas, said Ghapler
34 heing the flood area regul�tidns Qf the City, as it may have been previously amended,
remain unchanged and in fuli force and effect.
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Sectfon 5. An�+ person who shall violate t�ny �rovision of this �rdinancc shall
be deemed guilty oi�a misdemet�nor and, upon conviction, shall bc Cneil in an amount not io
exceed$2,O�p. Each day of vialation shall constitute a aeparate offense.
Seetion 6. In il�e event any clause phrase, provision, sentence, or part of this
Ordinance or the application of the same to a�ny person vr circumstances sha11 for ttny
ret�son be adjudged invalid or held unconstitutional by a caurt of competent jurisdiction. it
sha,ll nat a�ff`ect, imparr, or inv�lidate this Ordinance as � whole or any part or provision
hereof other than thc part declarcd to be in�valid or unconstitutional; and the City Council of
the City oF Friendswooci, Tex�.�, declares that it would have pt�ssed eaeh and every part of
the s�me n�twilhsianding the omission of any such part thus declared to bc inv�lid Q[
unconstitutional,whether there be one ar mare parts.
PASS�D AN� APFROV�D on firsi regding this 13�' day of SeptP.mber
,
. 1999.
PASSF.D, APPRO'V'ED, and A.DOPTED on �econd �tnc� final reading this ??�?
day 4f September , 1�99.
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Harold L. Whitaket'
Mayar
A7'7'EST:
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.Deloris IvIcTS.enzie, RM .
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