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CITY OF SAN (BERN DINO REQUEST P .1 COUNCIL ACTION
File No. 4.91
Ordinance Amending Chapter 15. 72
From: ROGER G. HARDGRAVE Subject: of the San Bernardino Municipal
Dept: Public Works/Engineering Code Flood Control Measures
Date: 8-23--94
Synopsis of Previous Council action:
10-05-78 - Adopted Ordinance No. 3763 establishing Flood Control
Measures for the City of San Bernardino, pursuant to
Article XI , Section 7 of the State Constitution,
codified as Chapter 15 . 72 .
05-13-85 - Adopted ordinance MC-460 amending Chapter 15 . 72 of the
San Bernardino Municipal Code.
06-07-88 - Adopted Ordinance No. MC-626 amending Chapter 15 . 72 of
the San Bernardino Municipal Code to bring the City' s
Flood Hazard Ordinance into compliance with Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) regulations.
Recommended motion-
That further reading of the ordinance be waived and that it be
laid over for final adoption.
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cc- Shauna Clark
Jim Penman
ADMIN.. OFFICa
23 AUG W, 3: 4 9 S i re
Contact person: Roger G. Hardgrave Phone: 5025
Staff Report, Exhibit "A"
Supporting data attached: and Ordinance Ward:_ All
FUNDING REQUIREMENTS: Amount: N/A
Source: (Acct. No.)
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Finance:
Council Notes:
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CITY OF SAN BERN[ ZDINO - REQUEST F( Z COUNCIL ACTION
STAFF REPORT
On April 19, 1994 , representatives of the California
Department of Water Resources conducted a Community Assistance
Visit meeting with Public Works Staff. A letter (See Exhibit
"A") was provided detailing the visit. The Department of Water
Resources (DWR) is responsible for assisting communities at the
local level in understanding their responsibilities under the
National Flood Insurance Program, and to assure compliance with
regulations of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) .
Flood insurance is available in communities that maintain com-
pliance with FEMA regulations; however, it can be withheld from
communities which are found to be seriously out of compliance.
Chapter 15 . 72 of the San Bernardino Municipal Code
regulates new construction in areas subject to flooding as
defined on the Federal Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM) which are
published and periodically updated by FEMA. The current language
in Chapter 15 . 72 refers to FIRM Maps dated January, 1979 . Repre-
sentatives of DWR have noted this reference as a minor deficiency
and indicated that this date needs to be changed to the latest
edition of the FIRM Maps.
Another reference to the Flood Plain Overlay Program is
contained in Chapter 19 . 16 . 030 of the Development Code. This
section will also need to be revised. An ordinance revising the
Development Code Chapter 19 . 16. 030 (Flood Plain Overlay) is being
processed through the Planning Commission.
The requested amendment to Municipal Code Chapter 15. 72
is a routine update to coordinate with recent changes to the FIRM
Maps; therefore, we recommend that the attached ordinance be
approved. This amendment will avoid the necessity to change the
date whenever the FIRM Maps are updated.
Revised
7-13-94
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A THE RESOURCES AGEN-f
PETE WILSON, Governor
OF WATER RESOURCES 9-9068 _
MAY 12 B94
Honorable Tom Minor
Mayor of the City of San Bernardino
300 North "D" Street
San Bernardino, California 92418-0001
Dear Mayor Minor:
Thank you for the cooperation and courtesy extended to
Bill Hom during the Community Assistance Visit meeting with
your city on Tuesday, April 19, 1994. We hope this meeting
was as useful and informative for your staff as it was for
our agency.
Important aspects of the CAV are establishment of a
thorough understanding of a community's responsibilities in
the National Flood Insurance Program and provision of any
assistance that may be required. To determine the needs of
the community, the local floodplain management regulations
and enforcement practices were reviewed. A copy of the
findings of that review is enclosed.
As stated in the enclosed report, your city needs to
update the current floodplain management ordinance and mail
a copy to this office by August 31 1994 No other
violations were identified. On behalf of FEMA, I wish to
commend your staff for their excellent work in implementing
the NFIP.
If you need further information or assistance, please
contact me at (818) 543-4610 or have your staff contact
Bill Hom at (818) 543-4600, extension 300.
Sincerely,
Charles R. White, Chief
Southern District
Enclosure
F�cN/R/T uen
1 ORDINANCE NO.
2 ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO AMENDING CHAPTER
15. 72 OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING -TO FLOOD
3 CONTROL MEASURES.
4 THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN
BERNARDINO DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
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SECTION 1 . Chapter 15. 72. 060, Section B, of the San
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Bernardino Municipal Code is amended to read as follows:
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8 B. Basis for establishing the areas of special flood
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hazard. The areas of special flood hazard, areas of flood-
10 related erosion hazards and areas of mud slide (i.e. , mud flow)
11 hazards identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency or
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the Federal Insurance Administration in a scientific and engi-
13 neering report entitled, 'Flood Insurance Study for City of San
14 Bernardino, ' latest edition, with an accompanying Flood Insurance
15 Rate Map, also latest edition, is hereby adopted by reference and
16 declared to be a part of this chapter. This Flood Insurance
17 Study is the minimum area of applicability of this chapter and
18 may be supplemented by studies for other areas which allow
19 implementation of this chapter and which are recommended to the
20 Mayor and Common Council by the City Engineer. "
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7-13-94
ORD: AMENDING SECTION "B" OF CHAPTER 15. 72 . 060 OF SBMC RELATING
TO FLOG- CONTROL MEASURES.
1 I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was duly
2 adopted by the Mayor and Common Council of the City of San
3 Bernardino at a meeting thereof, held on the
4 day of 1994 , by the following vote, to-wit:
5 Council Members: AYES NAYS ABSTAIN ABSENT
6 NEGRETE
7 CURLIN
8 HERNANDEZ
9 OBERHELMAN
10 DEVLIN
11 POPE-LUDLAM
12 MILLER
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15 Rachel Clark, City Clerk
16 The foregoing resolution is hereby approved this
day of 1994.
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Tom Minor, Mayor
19 Approved as to form City of San Bernardino
20 and legal content:
21 James F. Penman
City Attorney
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