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To repeal City Code ?? 14-57, concerning the establishment of floodplain districts, 14-58, concerning district boundaries and the official floodplain map, and 14-121, concerning modification to requirements of the building code and to amend ?? 14-19, 14-21-14-23, 14-25, 14-55, 14-56, 14-59-14-62, 14-83-14-88, 14-120, 14-122, and 14-123, concerning floodplain management, for the purpose of aligning the City Code with the Letter of Final Determination from the Federal Emergency Management Agency dated Jan. 8, 2025, regarding the City's revised flood insurance rate map.
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THE CITY OF RICHMOND HEREBY ORDAINS:
? 1 That sections 14-57, 14-58, and 14-121 of the Code of the City of Richmond (2020) be and are hereby repealed as follows:
[Sec. 14-57. Establishment of floodplain districts.
In order to accomplish the purposes of this division, floodplain districts are hereby established and shall include those areas of the City subject to inundation by waters of the 100-year flood. The basis for delineation of such districts shall be the flood insurance study for the City prepared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, dated December 15, 1978, as revised, effective July 20, 1998, April 2, 2009, and July 16, 2014, and any subsequent revisions or amendments thereto.]
[Sec. 14-58. District boundaries; official floodplain map.
The boundaries of the floodplain districts are established as shown on the flood insurance rate maps, flood boundary maps, and floodway maps, prepared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, dated June 15, 1979, as revised, effective July 20, 1998, April 2, 2009, and July 16, 2014, and any subsequent revisions or amendments thereto, which maps are incorporated by reference into this division. The flood insurance rate maps, flood boundary maps, and floodway maps, together with the flood insurance study for the City, shall be kept on file in the Office of the Director.]
[Sec. 14-121. - Modifications to requirements of build...
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