1987-1231844L
NO gTZ123
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 SBVERABILITY
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 of the Code 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-S 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 £ollowlng 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, ~ncludlng the
basement, must be elevated a m~nlmum of one (1) foot plus
the depth specified on the community's FIRM above the
h~ghest adjacent existing ground elevation of the site
Fill for landscaping around the elevated structure will
be limited to provide adequate drainage capacity by
utilizing channellzatlon methods that adequately route
the water through the property
(b) All new construction and substantial ~mprovements 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 w~th
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 c~rcumstance is held invalid by any
court of competent 3ur~sdlct~on, such holding shall not affect
the validity of the remaining portions of th~s ordinance, and the
City Council of the City of Denton, Texas, hereby declares ~t
would have enacted such remaining portions despite any such
~nvalld~ty
SECTION III Any person, corporation, or association who
shall violate a provision of this ordinance, or falls to comply
therewith or with any of the requirements thereof, or of a permit
or certificate ~ssued thereunder, shall be guilty of a misde-
meanor punishable by a f~ne 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 port,on thereof during
which any v~olat~on of this ordinance is committed, or continued,
and upon conv~ctlon of any such v~olat*ons such person shall be
punished w~th~n the llmlts above
SECTION IV That th~s ordinance shall become effective
fourteen (14) days from the date of its passage, and the C~ty
Secretary is hereby d~rected to cause the caption of th~s
ordinance to be published twice ~n the Denton Record-Chronicle,
the offlclal newspaper of the City of Denton, Texas, w~thln ten
(10) days of the date of ~ts passage~
PASSED AND APPROVED this the /;"~ day of/~ , 1987
RAY S~PJ4~ENS, ~AYOR
ATTEST
J'E~NIFER WA~TERS, CLUNY S~CI~I~ARY
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
DEBRA ADAMI DRAYOVITCH, CITY ATTORNEY