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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 10 1/2-19 OF ARTICLE V OF CHAPTER
10 1/2, "FLOOD DAMAGE PREVENTION", OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF
THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, TO PROVIDE FOR FEDERAL EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT AGENCY GUIDELINES FOR AREAS OF SHALLOW FLOODING,
PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE, AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS
SECTION I That section 10 1/2-19 of Article V of Chapter 10
1/2 o tie ode of Ordinances of the City of Denton, Texas is
hereby amended to read as follows
Sec 10 1/2-19 Standards for areas of shallow flooding (AO
zones)
Located within the areas of special flood hazard established
in section 10 1/2-5 are areas designated as shallow flooding
These areas have special flood hazards associated with base flood
depths of one (1) to three (3) feet where a clearly defined
channel does not exist and where the path of flooding is unpre-
dictable and indeterminate, therefore, the following provisions
apply
(a) All new construction and substantial improvements of
residential structures shall have the lowest floor,
including basement, elevated to the top of the curb of
the nearest street plus the depth number specified in the
community's FIRM If the building site is not located
adjacent to a street, the lowest floor, including the
basement, must be elevated a minimum of one (1) foot plus
the depth specified on the community's FIRM above the
highest adjacent existing ground elevation of the site
Fill for landscaping around the elevated structure will
be limited to provide adequate drainage capacity by
utilizing channelization methods that adequately route
the water through the property
(b) All new construction and substantial improvements of
non-residential structures shall
(1) Have the lowest floor, including basement, elevated
above the top of the curb of the nearest street plus
the depth number specified on the FIRM, or
(2) Together with attendant utility and sanitary
facilities, be completely floodproofed to or about
that level referenced in (b)(1) of this section so
that any space below that level is water tight with
walls substantially impermeable to the passage of
water and with structural components having the
capability of resisting hydrostatic and hydrodynamic
loads and effects of buoyancy
(c) A registered professional engineer or architect shall
submit a certification to the city engineer that the
standards of this section, as proposed in section 10
1/2-13 (1)(a), are satisfied
SECTION II That if any section, subsection, paragraph,
sentence, clause, phrase or word in this ordinance, or application
thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid by any
court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect
the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance, and the
City Council of the City of Denton, Texas, hereby declares it
would have enacted such remaining portions despite any such
invalidity
SECTION III Any person, corporation, or association who
shall violate a provision of this ordinance, or fails to comply
therewith or with any of the requirements thereof, or of a permit
or certificate issued thereunder, shall be guilty of a misde-
meanor punishable by a fine not exceeding One Thousand Dollars
($1,000 00) Each such person shall be deemed guilty of a
separate offense for each and every day or portion thereof during
which any violation of this ordinance is committed, or continued,
and upon conviction of any such violations such person shall be
punished within the limits above
SECTION IV That this ordinance shall become effective
fourteen 14 ays from the date of its passage, and the City
Secretary is hereby directed to cause the caption of this
ordinance to be published twice in the Denton Record -Chronicle,
the official newspaper of the City of Denton, Texas, within ten
(10) days of the date of its passage
PASSED AND APPROVED this the day of 1987
RAY S P NS, MAYOR
ATTEST
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APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
DEBRA ADAMI DRAYOVITCH, CITY ATTORNEY
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