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FLOOD CONTROL REGULATIONS
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Amending Toledo Municipal Code (TMC), Part Eleven, Subsection 1110. Flood Control Regulations; and declaring an emergency.
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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
This is a referral from the Division of Building Inspection for a text amendment revising the Toledo Municipal Code, Chapter 1110 - Flood Control Regulations. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has issued a Letter of Final Determination for the City of Toledo, indicating that revised Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM) and Flood Insurance Study (FIS) incorporating new flood hazard data will become effective on February 24, 2024. Communities are required to update their floodplain management regulations in coordination with the mapping update. The updated regulations must be in effect by the effective date of the of the flood maps and study to maintain eligibility in the National Flood Insurance Program.
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Floodplain Management Program provides both model flood damage reduction regulations and assists communities with the update process. The model ordinance provides for the minimum standards required; however, communities may incorporate additional or higher standards. The Division of Building Inspection has been working with ODNR's Floodplain Management Program to complete this process. The proposed language for the text amendment is the product of this coordination.
The current Flood Control Regulations were approved by the Toledo Plan Commission on June 9, 2011 and approved by the Toledo City Council on July 26, 2011 via Ord. 368-11. Exhibit B is the existing text as is written in Chapter 1110 - Flood Control Regulations. Exhibit C is the proposed text that will become Chapter 1110 - Flood Damage Reduction Regulations. While there have been a number of notable changes to the regulations, there have also been a number of minor rewordings and a complete reorganization and renaming of the regulation's sections. To ai...
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