TO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the North Port City Commission
FROM: A. Jerome Fletcher II, ICMA-CM, MPA, City Manager
SUBJECT: An Ordinance of the City of North Port, Florida, Amending the Unified Land Development Code to Incorporate the Revised Federal Emergency Management Agency Flood Insurance Study and Flood Insurance Rate Maps and Related Definitions by Amending Sections 17-9 and 17-84; Providing for Findings; Providing for Conflicts; Providing for Severability; Providing for Codification; and Providing an Effective Date.
(QUASI-JUDICIAL)
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Recommended Action
The City Commission finds that the proposed amendments are consistent with the City of North Port Comprehensive Plan and continue Ordinance 2024-04 to second reading on a date to be determined.
Recommended Action for Second Reading
The City Commission adopt TXT-23-270 via Ordinance 2024-04.
General Information
City staff finds the proposed amendments are consistent with the following sections of the City of North Port Comprehensive Plan, Conservation and Coastal Zone Management Element Goals, Policies, and Objectives (GOP's):
Objective 2: The City shall review and update its Unified Land Development Code to include development and redevelopment principles, strategies, and engineering solutions that reduce the flood risk in coastal areas resulting from high-tide events, storm surge, flash floods, stormwater runoff, and the related impacts of sea level rise.
Policy 2.1: The City shall continue to enforce FEMA, DEP, and local setback and height requirements for the safety of structures, especially those located along the Myakkahatchee Creek (or-other similar waterbodies) which are in the CHHA and/or FEMA Flood Zone "A," "AE," and/or "VE." Furthermore, the City shall discourage further development and redevelopment activities within these areas, with the exception of providing passive recreational access to these area...
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