Broward County Commission Regular Meeting

MOTION TO ADOPT Resolution No. 2014-249 directing the County Administrator to publish Notice of Public Hearing to be held on Tuesday, May 13, 2014, at 2:00 p.m., in Room 422 of the Governmental Center to consider enactment of a proposed Ordinance, the title of which is as follows:

AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, PERTAINING TO FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT; REPEALING CHAPTER 13½ OF THE BROWARD COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES ("CODE"); CREATING A NEW CHAPTER 5, ARTICLE V, FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT; PROVIDING FOR APPLICABILITY, ADOPTION OF FLOOD HAZARD MAPS, AND DESIGNATION, DUTIES, AND POWERS OF A FLOODPLAIN ADMINISTRATOR; PROVIDING FOR PERMITS, SITE PLANS, INSPECTIONS, VARIANCES, ENFORCEMENT, DEFINITIONS, AND FLOOD RESISTANT DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS; AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, INCLUSION IN THE CODE, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

(Sponsored by the Board of County Commissioners)
 

The proposed Ordinance was prepared by the Office of the County Attorney at the direction of the Board of County Commissioners at its meeting of September 10, 2013.

Amends the Broward County Code Of Ordinances by repealing Chapter 13½ and creating a new Chapter 5, Article V, Floodplain Management, that adopts floodplain hazard maps, designates a Floodplain Administrator, and provides for permits, site plans, inspections, variances, enforcement, definitions, and flood resistant development requirements.

See memorandum to Board of County Commissioners from the Environmental Licensing and Building Permitting Division, attached as Exhibit 4.