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PUBLIC HEARING - Appl. #PL2016-200 - Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) AMENDMENT #59 - Article 6 Overlay Districts, revisions to the Floodplain Overlay District regulations; City of Lee's Summit, applicant.
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Issue/Request:
In order to meet Federal Emergency Management Association (FEMA) requirements, it was necessary to make substantial revisions to the City's current Floodplain Overlay District ordinance. Adopting language specifically required by FEMA is necessary for the City to continue participating in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). Failure to be part of the NFIP would prohibit property owners from obtaining flood insurance on their property when required by lenders. Currently, there are 129 active flood insurance policies on properties in Lee’s Summit, and those properties' values total approximately $15M to $20M. In past practice, when properties are uninsurable, lenders have called in the loans on homes.
A model ordinance was provided by the Missouri State Emergency Management Association (SEMA) in order to assist municipalities in drafting local ordinances in complaince with the new requirements. The model SEMA ordinance was largely was formatted to match the City's UDO.
Key Changes Include:
1) The new Ordinance adopts new Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM) published by FEMA as part of the reviews and changes based on periodic changes or additional hydraulic modeling. Adopting the new maps change the boundaries of the Special Flood Hazard Areas.
· The preliminary flood maps are based on 2006 flown aerial LiDAR contour mapping on 2-foot intervals which is generally much more accurate than the 10-foot interval USGS data used for the previous map versions.
· 450 acres removed from floodplain (no longer requires flood insurance)
· 450 acres added to floodplain (these newly included properties may require flood insurance)
2) Section for Administration of Flood Plain Ordinance added to clearly define roles, responsibilit...
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