Ordinance 1980-06
ORDINANCE NO. 80-06
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That Ordinance No. 77-8, Flood Hazard Prevention
Regulations adopted April 26, 1977, be, and it is hereby amended
as follows:
A. Article 3, Section B, shall be amended to read:
The areas of special flood hazard identified by the
Federal Insurance Administration in a scientific and
engineering report entitled "The Flood Insurance Study
for the City of Wylie," dated April 12,1979, with
accompanying Flood Insurance Rate Maps and Flood Hazard
Boundary-F100dway Maps and any revisions thereto are
hereby adopted by reference and declared to be a part
of this ordinance.
B. Article 5, Section B (3) shall be amended to include:
c. For new mobile home parks and subdivisions; for
expansions to existing mobile home parks and subdivisions;
for existing mobile home parks and subdivisions where the
repair, reconstruction or improvement of the streets,
utilities and pads equals or exceeds 50 percent of the
value of the streets, utilities and pads before the repair,
reconstruction or improvement has commenced; and for mobile
homes not placed in a mobile home park or subdivision,
require:
(i) stands or lots are elevated on compacted fill or
on pilings so that the lowest floor of the mobile
home wi 11 be at or above the base flood 1 eve1. A
registered professional engineer, architect of land
surveyor shall submit a certification to the City
Manager that the standard of this paragraph complies
with Section B (1) of this Article.
(ii) adequate surface drainage and access for a
hauler are provided; and
(iii) In the instance of elevation on pilings:
(1) lots are large enough to permit steps, (2) piling
foundations are placed in stable soil no more than ten
feed apart, and (3) reinforcement is provided for
pilings more than six feet above the ground level.
C. Article 5, Section B shall be amended to include:
(4) F100dways - located within areas of special
flood hazard established in Article 3 Section Bare
areas designated as f1oodways. Since the f100dway
is an extremely hazardous area due to the velocity
of flood waters which carry debris, potential pro-
jectiles and erosion potential, the following pro-
visions shall apply:
a. Encroachments are prohibited, including fill,
new construction, substantial improvements and
other developments unless certification by a regis-
tered professional engineer or architect is provided
demonstrating that encroachments shall not result in
any increase in flood levels during occurrence of the
base flood discharge.
b. If Article 5 Section B (4) (a) above is satisfied,
all new construction and substantial improvements
shall comply with all applicable flood hazard reduc-
tion provisions of Article 5.
c. Prohibit placement of any mobile homes, except
in an existing mobile home park or subdivison.
SECTION 2. That all other parts of Ordinance No. 77-8 shall re-
maln Tn full force and effect.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS
13th DAY OF
May
, 1980.
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