HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 657 Amending Chapter 42 Floodplain Section 42-35TOWN OF WESTLAKE
ORDINANCE NO. 657
AMENDING CHAPTER 42, ARTICLE II FLOODPLAIN, SECTION 42-35;
IDENTIFYING PUBLISHED DATES OF TARRANT AND DENTON COUNTY FLOOD
INSURANCE RATE MAPS AND FLOOD INSURANCE STUDIES; PROVIDING A
PENALTY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A CUMULATIVE CLAUSE; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AUTHORIZING
PUBLICATION; AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Town of Westlake recognizes the need to protect citizens from
flooding; and
WHEREAS, the Town of Westlake's Town Council finds that the Federal Emergency
Management Agency's revised Flood Insurance Rate Maps and Flood Insurance Study provides
the Town an instrument in which to protect its citizens; and
WHEREAS, the revised maps and study are crucial to the provision of emergency
services, and
WHEREAS, the Town Council adopted new Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) maps and study during the September 21, 2009 regular Council meeting.
WHEREAS, The Town of Westlake Town Council desires to amend Chapter 42, Article
II, Floodplain, Section 42-35 by identifying dates of publication of Tarrant County and Denton
County maps and studies.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN
OF WESTLAKE, TEXAS:
SECTION 1: That all matters stated in the preamble are found to be true and correct and
are incorporated herein as if copied in their entirety.
SECTION 2: That Chapter 42, Article II Floodplain, Section 42-35 of the Town of
Westlake Code of Ordinances, as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows:
The areas of special flood hazard identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency
in the current scientific and engineering report entitled, "The Flood Insurance Study (FIS)
for Tarrant County, Texas And Incorporated Areas," dated September 25, 2009, with
accompanying Flood Insurance Rate Maps dated September 25, 2009, "The Flood
Insurance Study (FIS) for Denton County, Texas And Incorporated Areas," dated April
18, 2011, with accompanying Flood Insurance Rate Maps dated April 18, 2011,and any
revisions thereto are hereby adopted by reference and declared to be a part of this ordinance.
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SECTION 3: That all provisions of Ordinance 613 not hereby amended shall remain in
full force and effect.
SECTION 4: That any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions or
terms of this ordinance shall be subject to the same penalty as provided for in the Code of
Ordinances of the Town of Westlake, and upon conviction shall be punishable by a fine not to
exceed the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000,00) for each offense. Each day that a
violation is permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense.
SECTION 5: It is hereby declared to be the intention of the Town Council of the Town
of Westlake, Texas, that sections, paragraphs, clauses and phrases of this Ordinance are
severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this Ordinance shall be
declared legally invalid or unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of
competent jurisdiction, such legal invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the
remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs or sections of this Ordinance since the same
would have been enacted by the Town Council of the Town of Westlake without the
incorporation in this Ordinance of any such legally invalid or unconstitutional, phrase, sentence,
paragraph or section.
SECTION 6: This ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its passage as
the law in such case provides.
PASSED AND APPROVED ON THIS 28" DAY OF MARCH 2011.
ATTEST: Laura eat, Mayor
Kell Edward own Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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