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,Root; I r+�Ut- <br />and declare that the immediate enactment of the proposed ordi- <br />nance is necessary. In this case the emergency is the loss of <br />NFIP eligibility if applicable FEMA regulations are not adopted <br />by May 4, 1989, and adoption of the proposed amendments is <br />necessary to ensure continued eligibility. <br />RECOMMENDATION <br />The staff recommends that the Board of County Commissioners adopt <br />the proposed ordinance amending the county's stormwater manage- <br />ment ordinance. <br />Asst. County Attorney Collins confirmed that the proposed <br />ordinance will have to be adopted as an Emergency Ordinance <br />because of the problem in meeting the publication requirements. <br />This is necessary in order to remain eligible for the National <br />Flood Insurance Program. What it all boils down to is that the <br />Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has identified the <br />base flood elevations in the 100 year storm, and you are required <br />to have your lowest floor elevation above that level. Also, you <br />are not allowed to fill in the areas identified as floodways, <br />such as the Main and South and North Relief Canals, and the areas <br />around them. <br />Commissioners Scurlock and Bird inquired about the monetary <br />impact of this on the housing industry. <br />Attorney Collins explained that if we don't have it, then <br />flood insurance rates are higher, if that insurance is available <br />at all, and he believed lenders require flood insurance. There <br />will be an economic impact in that someone planning on building <br />in these flood zone areas will either have to fill to bring the <br />lot up to the 100 year storm level or they may be required to <br />build on pilings. <br />Public Works Director Davis explained that the major impact <br />with the new maps are some new 100 year floodplains west of the <br />one -mile ridge, and the studies used to delineate those areas <br />coincide closely with the new study that the Indian River Farms <br />Water Control District had done. We, therefore, are having two <br />studies that are coming together and dictating to us about the <br />same situation. The Drainage District water control system <br />simply does not have the ability to handle the 100 year storm, <br />28 <br />