HomeMy WebLinkAbout1602 - ORDINANCES - 12/5/2001 ORDINANCE NO. 1602
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS,CALIFORNIA
AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE IN REGARD TO FLOOD
HAZARD REDUCTION STANDARDS.
' THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS,CALIFORNIA, DOESORDAINAS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 93.17.18.A.3.a is amended to read as follows:
Elevation and Floodproofing. (See Section 93.17.04 definitions for"basement,""lowest floor,"
"new construction," "substantial damage" and "substantial improvement'.)
a. Residential construction,new or substantial improvement shall have the lowest floor,
including basement and all mechanical units (including, but not limited to, air
conditioning, heater, water heater, etc.) established as follows:
1. In an AO zone,elevated above the highest adjacent grade to a height exceeding the
depth number specified in feet on the FIRM by at least one foot, or elevated at least
three feet above the highest adjacent grade if no depth number is specified.
2. In an unnumbered A zone, elevated to at least one and one-half(1-1/2)feet above
the base flood elevation. The developer shall submit a study determining the base
flood elevation to the city engineer for approval.
3. In an Al -A30 or an AE zone,elevated to at least one and one-half(1-1/2)feet above
the base flood elevation.
4. Upon the completion of the structure, the elevation of the lowest floor including
basement shall be certified by a registered professional engineer or surveyor, and
verified by the community building inspector to be properly elevated. Such
certification or verification shall be provided to the Floodplain Administrator.
SECTION24: EFFECTIVE DATE:This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty (30)
days after passage.
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SECTION25. PUBLICATION.The City Clerk is hereby ordered and directed to certify to the
passage of this Ordinance, and to cause the same or a summary thereof or
a display advertisement,duly prepared according to law,to be published in
accordance with law.
ADOPTED this Srh day Of December 2001 ,
AYES: Members Mills, Oden, Reller-Spurgin and Mayor Kleindienst
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
fjT�E CITY, OF PALM SPRINGS, CALI�FO NIA
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City Clerk Mayor
REVIEWED AND APPROVED AS TO FORM N
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THE FOREGOING Ordinance 1602 was duly adopted by
the City Council of the City of Palm Springs, California, in a meeting
held on the 5th day of December 2001, and that same was published in the
DESERT SUN, a newspaper of general circulation on December 14, 2001.
PATRICIA A. ANDERS
City Clerk
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