RESO CC 05/24/77 - Building Code adoptionAft
RESOLUTION NO. 77-5
A RESOLUTION AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 74 -32
FINDING THAT THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS
HAS HERETOFORE ADOPTED THE SOUTHERN STAN-
DARD BUILDING CODE AND CONFIRMING THAT THE
CITY ENGINEER SHALL REVIEW ALL APPLICATIONS
FOR BUILDING PERMITS, AS PRESENTLY REQUIRED
BY CURRENT CITY ORDINANCES, BY ADDING CER-
TAIN SECTIONS AS REQUIRED BY THE NATIONAL
FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM.
WHEREAS, Section 1 of Resolution No. 74 -32 shall be amend-
ed by the addition of Section 1 (a) as follows:
1.(a) That the City Engineer shall require permits for all
proposed construction and other developments (man-
made changes to improved or unimproved real estate,
including but not limited to buildings or other struc-
tures, mining, dredging, filling, grading, paving,
excavation or drilling operations) including the
placement of mobile homes, within Zone A on the City's
Flood Hazard Boundary Map); and
WHEREAS, the following Sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and
11 are added to Resolution No. 74-32, as follows:
4. That the City Engineer shall review proposed devel-
ment to assure that all necessary permits have been
received from those governmental agencies from which
approval is required by Federal or State law, includ-
ing Section 404 of the Federal Water Pollution Con-
trol Act Amendments of 1972, 33 U.S.C. 1334; and
5. That the City Engineer shall require that all'subdi-
vision proposals and other proposed new developments
greater than 50 lots or 5 acres, whichever is the
lesser, include within such proposals base flood ele-
vation data; and
6. That the City Engineer shall obtain, review, and rea -',
sonably utilize any base flood elevation data avail-
able from a Federal, State, or other source, until
such other data has been provided by the Administra-
tor, as criterea for requiring that (i) all new con-
struction and substantial improvements of residential
structures have the lowest floor (including asement)
elevated to or above the base flood level and (ii) all
new construction and substantial improvements of non-
residential structures have the lowest floor (includ-
ing basement) elevated or flood proofed to or above
the base flood level; and
7. That the City Engineer shall for the purpose of the
determination of applicable flood insurance risk
premium rates within Zone A on the City's Flood
Hazard Boundary Map, (i) obtain the elevation (in
relation to mean sea level) of the lowest habitable
floor (including basement) of all new or substantial-
ly improved structures, and whether or not such struc-
tures contain a basement, (ii) obtain, if the struc-
ture has been floodproofed, the elevation (in rela-
tion to mean sea level) to which the structure was
floodproofed, and (iii) maintain a record of all such
information with the official designated by the City
Engineer; and
8. That the City Engineer shall notify, in riverine sit-
uations, adjacent communities and the State Coordi-
nating Office prior to any alteration or relocation
of a watercourse, and submit copies of such notifi-
cations to the Administrator; and
9. That the City Engineer shall assure that the flood
carrying capacity within the altered or relocated
portion of any watercourse is maintained; and
10. That the City Engineer shall require that all mobile
homes to be placed within Zone A on the City's Flood
Hazard Boundary Map shall be anchored to resist flo-
tation, collapse, or lateral movement by providing
over - the -top and frame ties to ground anchors. Spe-
cific requirements shall be that (i) over - the -top
ties be provided at each of the four corners of the
mobile homes, with two additional ties per side at
intermediate locations and mobile homes less than 50
feet long requiring one additional tie per side; (ii)
frame ties be provided at each corner of the home
with five additional ties per side at intermediate
points and mobile homes less than 50 feet long re-
quiring four additional ties per side; (iii) all com-
ponents of the anchoring system be capable of car-
rying a force of 4,800 pounds: And (iv) any additions
to the mobile home be similarly anchored; and
11. That the City Engineer shall require that an evacua-
tion plan indicating alternate vehicular access and
escape routes be filed with appropriate Disaster
Prepardness Authorities for mobile home parks and
mobile home subdivisions located within Zone A on
the City's Flood Hazard Boundary Map.
Now therefore be it resolved that these sections shall be-
come a part of Resolution No. 74 -32 of the City of Huntsville.
WHEREUPON, said Resolution was duly made and seconded and
passed by unanimous vote on this the 24/7 day of May, 1977.
OVED AS TO FORM:
THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS4
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BY .
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MI •RIS . WAL R, Mayor
ARTIN D. C
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ttorney