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-°'~ ORDINANCE NO. 92-09 `~ INTRODUCED BY: Mayor Pietrafese and Council as a Whole __.~ AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 1375 OF THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF HAYFIELD VILLAGE, OHIO, PERTAINING TO THE PREVENTION OF FLOOD DAMAGE BY ADOPTING MINIMUM FLOOD PLAIN MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN ELIGIBILITY IN THE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY WHEREAS, this Council has previously adopted Ordinance No. 91- 56, on December 16, 1991, enacting Chapter .1375 of the Codified Ordinances relative to the minimum Flood Plain Management Requirements; and WHEREAS, this Ordinance was submitted to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources for their review and recommendations; and WHEREAS, several corrections are necessary to make the regulations fully compliant with the minimum Flood Plain Management criteria of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which administers the NFIP. ,~ NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF HAYFIELD VILLAGE, OHIO, THAT: SECTION 1. That Chapter 1375 of the Codified Ordinances of Mayfield Village Ohio, adopted by Ordinance 91-56, are hereby and herein amended to read as follows: Chapter 1375 Flood Damage Prevention 1375.01 Factual Basis. (A) The flood hazard areas of Mayfield Village are subject to periodic inundation which may result~in loss of life and governmental services, extraordinary public expenditures for flood protection and relief, and impairment of the tax base, all of which adversely affect the public health, safety, and general welfare. (B) These flood losses are caused by the cumulative effect of obstructions in areas of special flood hazards which increase flood heights and velocities and, when inadequately anchored, damage uses in other areas. Uses that are inadequately flood-proofed elevated or otherwise protected from flood damage also contribute to the flood loss.