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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 10-1/2, ARTICLE V, SECTION 10
1/2-19(a) OF THE DENTON CODE OF ORDINANCES, AS AMENDED, TO
PROVIDE FLOOD PREVENTION STANDARDS FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION AND
SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT OF RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES, PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, PROVIDING A
PENALTY THEREFOR, PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION AND DECLARING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS
SECTION I
That Chapter 10-1/2, Article V, Section 10 1/2-19(a) of the
Code of Ordinances, City of Denton, Texas is hereby amended to
read as follows
(a) All new construction and substantial improvements of
residential structures shall have the lowest floor, including
basement, elevated above the crown of the nearest street to or
above the depth number specified on the community's FIRM, or if
the building site is lower than the crown of the street, the
lowest floor including basement must be elevated a minimum of
one (1) foot plus the depth number specified on the community's
FIRM above the existing ground elevation of the site Fill for
landscaping around elevated structure will be limited to
provide adequate drainage capacity around the structure
SECTION II
That if any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence,
clause, phrase or word in this ordinance, or application
thereof to any person or circumstances 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
That the repeal of any ordinance or any portion thereof by
the preceding sections shall not affect or impair any act done
or right vested or accrued or any proceeding, suit or
prosecution had or commenced in any cause before such repeal
shall take effect, but every such act done, or right vested or
accrued, or proceedings, suit or prosecution had or commenced
shall remain in full force and effect to all intents or
purposes as if such ordinance or part thereof so repealed had
remained in force
SECTION IV
Any person 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 misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed
Two Hundred Dollars ($200 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 any of the
provisions of this ordinance is committed, or continued, and
upon conviction of any such violations such person shall be
punished within the limits above
SECTION V
That this ordinance shall become effective fourteen (14)
days 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 -A
PASSED AND APPROVED this the y day of an44_
1981
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CIT OF D NTON, TEXAS
ATTEST
ORS HOLT, CITY SECRETARY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
C J TAYLOR, JR , CITY ATTORNEY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
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