TO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the North Port Commission
FROM: A. Jerome Fletcher II, ICMA-CM, MPA, City Manager
TITLE: Ordinance 2022-18, Amending the Unified Land Development Code, Chapter 17 - Flood Damage Prevention Regulations, Relating to Accessory Structures and Manufactured Homes in Flood Hazard Areas and Definitions.
Recommended Action
City Commission approve and continue Ordinance 2022-18, amendments to ULDC Chapter 17 - Flood Damage Prevention Regulations to second reading.
Recommended Action on Second Reading
Approve and Adopt Ordinance No. 2022-18, amendments to ULDC Chapter 17-Flood Damage Prevention Regulations
Recommended Action on Third Reading
Approve and Adopt Ordinance No. 2022-18, amendments to ULDC Chapter 17-Flood Damage Prevention Regulations
Background Information
The City of North Port participates in the National Flood Insurance Program's (NFIP) Community Rating System (CRS). The CRS Program recognizes and encourages communities to implement flood plain management activities that exceed the minimum NFIP standards.
The City is currently a Class 5 community in the CRS Program, providing property owners whose property lies within a Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) with a 25 percent reduction in their flood insurance premium. Additionally, properties within the City that do not lie within the SFHA receive a 5 percent reduction in their flood insurance premium should they elect such coverage.
The proposed amendments to ULDC Chapter 17- Flood Damage Prevention Regulations are necessary for the City to maintain compliance with the Office of Floodplain Management (OFM). These amendments are related to accessory structures, manufactured homes in Flood Hazard Areas, and definitions. These are the minimal changes needed for the City to maintain its Class 5 community rating. Chapter 17 will be entirely revisited with the future amendments to the ULDC.
City staff finds the proposed amendments are consistent with the following secti...
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