HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolutions (R-74-94)-12/03/1974
COUNTY OF TARRANT
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RESOLUTION NO. R-74-94
STATE OF TEXAS
CITY OF COLLEYVILLE 1
WHEREAS,'certain areas of the City of Colleyville are subject
to periodic flooding from streams, causing serious damages to
properties within these areas; and
WHEREAS, relief is available in the form of Federally subsidized
flood insurance as authorized by the National Flood Insurance Act of
1968; and
WHEREAS, it is the intent of the City Council of the City of
Colleyville to require the recognition and evaluation of flood
hazards in all official actions relating to land use in the flood
plain areas having special flood hazards; and
WHEREAS, this body has the legal authority to adopt land use
and control measures to reduce future flood losses pursuant to
the Laws of the State of Texas(VATS Article 1011 A);
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that this City Council of the
City of Colleyville hereby;
1. Assures the Federal Insurance Administration that it will
enact as necessary, and maintain in force for those areas having
flood hazards, adequate land use and control measures with effective
enforcement provisions consistent with the Criteria set forth in Section
1910 of the National Flood Insurance Program Regulations; and
2. Vests the Mayor with the responsibility, authority, and means
to:
(a) Delineate or assist the Administrator, at his request,
in delineating the limits of the areas having special flood hazards
on available local maps of sufficient scale to identify the location
of building sites.
(b) Provide such information as the Administrator may re-
quest concerning present uses and occupancy of the flood plain area.
(c) 'Cooperate with Federal, State, and local agencies and
private firms which undertake to study, survey, map, and identify
flood plain and cooperate with neighboring communities with respect
to management of adjoining flood plain areas in order to prevent
aggravation of existing hazards.
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(d) Submit on the anniversary date of the community's
initial eligibility an annual report to the Administrator on the
progress made during tbepast year within the community in the
development and implementation of flood plain areas management
measures.
3. Appoints the Inspection Department to maintain for public
inspection and to furnish upon request a record of elevations
(in relation to mean sea level) of the lowest floor (including
basement) of all new or substantially improved structures located
in the special flood hazard areas. If the lowest floor is below
grade on one or more sides, the elevation of the floor immediately
above must also be recorded.
4. Agrees to take such other official action as may be reason-
ably necessary to carry out the objectives of the program.
PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS J.A-d DAY OFff~ 1974 BY THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEYVILLE, TEXAS.
ATTEST:
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M. LOUISE RAMEY, City Secr tary