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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 10-1/2, ARTICLE III, SECTION 10
1/2-5 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS,
PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
AGENCY'S REVISION OF THE FLOOD INSURANCE RATE MAP (FIRM) AND
DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, in
developing criteria for flood plain management pursuant to the
National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended, and the Flood
Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as amended, modified the flood
elevation determinations in revising the Flood Insurance Rate
Map (FIRM) for the City of Denton effective November 16, 1983,
and
WHEREAS, as a condition of continued eligibility in the
National Flood Insurance Program, the city's flood plain
management measures in force must reflect data shown on the
latest revision of the FIRM, and
WHEREAS, the present ordinance relating to flood damage
prevention, Chapter 10-1/2-5, adopts the 1979 FIRM and any
revisions thereto by reference, and
WHEREAS, for purposes of clarification, the City Council of
the City of Denton desires to amend said ordinance to reflect
such latest FIRM revision by Community Number, now, therefore,
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, HEREBY ORDAINS
SECTION I
That Chapter 10-1/2, Article III, Section 10-1/2-5 of the
Code of Ordinances of the City of Denton, Texas, heretofore
effective, is hereby amended and re-enacted in its entirety to
read as follows
"Section 10-1/2-5 Basis for establishing the areas
of special flood hazard
The areas of special flood hazard identified by the
Federal Emergency Management Agency on the flood
insurance rate map (FIRM) and the flood boundary/
floodway map, Community No 480194C, dated November
16, 1983, and any subsequent revisions thereto are
hereby adopted bey reference and declared to be a part
of this Chapter '
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SECTION II
That this ordinance shall be effective from and after
November 16, 1983
PASSED AND APPROVED this then y of July, 1984
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CI Y OF NTON, TEXAS
ATTEST
CHARLOTTE ALLEN, CITY c ' RE'T]ARY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
C J TAYLOR, JR , CITY ATTORNEY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
BY
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