HomeMy WebLinkAbout3013 ORDINANCE NO. 3013
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANFORD, FLORIDA
AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 1859 AND ARTICLE V OF
CHAPTER 6 - BUILDINGS, OF THE SANFORD CITY CODE,
TO INCORPORATE REVISED FEDERAL EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT AGENCY FLOOD PLAIN MANAGEMENT
REGULATIONS, PROVIDING SEVERABILITY, CONFLICTS AND
EFFECTIVE DATE.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF
SANFORD, FLORIDA:
SECTION 1. Article V of Chapter 6, Buildings, of the
Sanford City Code, is hereby amended to add the following definitions
to Section 6-68, Definitions:
"EXISTING CONSTRUCTION" means any structure for which the
"start of construction" connnenced before (the effective date of the
first floodplain management code, ordinance, or standard based upon
specific technical base flood elevation date which establishes the are
of special flood hazard) or (specific date),
"EXISTING MANUFACTURED HOME PARK OR SUBDIVISION" means a
manufactured home park of subdivision for which the construction of
facilities for servicing the lots on which the manufactured homes are
to be affixed (including at a minimum the installation of utilities,
the construction of streets,a nd either final site grading or the
pouring of concrete pads) is completed before the effective date of
the floodplain management regulations adopted by a community (before
the effective date of the first floodplain management code, ordinance,
or standard based upon specific technical base flood elevation date
which established the area of special flood hazard) or (specific
date).
"EXPANSION TO AN EXISTING MANUFACTURED HOME PARK OR
SUBDIVISION" means the preparation of additional sites by the
construction of facilities for servicing the lots on which the
manufactured homes are to affixed (including the installation of
utilities, the construction of streets, and either final site grading
or the pouring of concrete pads).
"HISTORIC STRUCTURE" means any structure that is
a. Listed individually the National Register of Historic
Places (a listing maintained by the Department of Interior) or
preliminarily determined by the Secretary of the Interior as meeting
the requirements for individual listing on the National Register;
b. Certified or preliminarily determined by the Secretary of
the Interior as contributing to the historical significance of a
registered historic district or a district preliminarily determined by
the Secretary to qualify as a registered historic district;
c. Individually listed on a sate inventory of historic
places in states with historic preservation programs which have been
approved by the Secretary of Interior; and
d. Individually listed on a local inventory of historic
places in communities with historic preservation programs that have
been certified either:
1. By an approved state program as determined by the
Secretary of Interior, or
2. Directly by the Secretary of the Interior in states
without approved programs.
"NEW MANUFACTURED HOME PARK OF SUBDIVISION" means a
manufactured home park or subdivision for which the construction of
facilities for servicing the lots on which the manufactured homes are
to be affixed (including at a minimum, the installation of utilities,
the construction of streets, and either final site grading or the
pouring of concrete pads) is completed on or after the effective
date of floodplain management regulations adopted by a community.
"RECREATIONAL VEHICLE" means a vehicle which is:
a. built on a single chassis;
b. 400 square feet or less when measured by the largest
horizontal projection;
c. designed to be self-propelled or permanently towable by
a light duty truck; and
d. designed primarily not for use as a permanent dwelling
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but as temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, travel, or
seasonal use.
"SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE" means damage of any origin sustained
by a structure whereby the cost of restoring the structure to its
before damaged condition would equal or exceed 50 percent of the
market value of the structure before the damage occurred.
"SUBSTANTIALLY IMPROVED EXISTING MANUFACTURED HOME PARKS OR
SUBDIVISIONS" is where the repair, reconstruction, rehabilitation or
improvement of the streets, utilities and pads equals or exceeds 50
percent of the value of the streets, utilities and pads before the
repair, reconstruction or improvement commenced.
SECTION 2: Article V of Chapter 6, Buildings, of the
Sanford City Code, is hereby amended to change the definitions of "New
Construction" and "Substantial Improvement" in Section 6-68 as
follows:
"NEW CONSTRUCTION" means any structure for which the "start
of construction" commenced after (the effective date of the first
floodplain management code, ordinance, or standard based upon specific
technical base flood elevation data which establishes the area of
special flood hazard.) or (specific date). The term also includes any
subsequent improvements to such structure.
"SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT" means any combination of repairs,
reconstruction, alteration, or improvements to a building, taking
place during (the life of a building) (a fifty (50) year period),
in which the cumulative cost equals or exceeds fifty percent of the
market value of the building. The market value of the building should
be (1) the appraised value of the building prior to the start of the
initial repair or improvement, or (2) in the case of damage, the value
of the building prior to the damage occurring. This term includes
structures which have incurred "substantial damage", regardless of the
actual repair work performed. For the purposes of this definition,
"substantial improvement" is considered to occur when the first
alteration of any wall, ceiling, floor, or other structural part of
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the building commences, whether or not that alteration affects the
external dimensions of the building. The term does not, however,
include any project for improvement of the building required to comply
with existing health, sanitary, or safety code specifications which
have been identified by the Code Enforcement Official and which are
solely necessary to assure safe living conditions.
SECTION 3: Article V of Chapter 6, Buildings, Sanford City
Code, is hereby amended to add the following as new Section (b)(4) in
Section 6-71, Provisions for Flood Hazard Reduction, and the present
Section (b)(4) is hereby tenumbered as Section (b)(5):
(4) Standards for Manufactured Homes and Recreational
Vehicles.
(a) All manufactured homes placed, or substantially
improved, on individual lots or parcels, in expansions to existing
manufactured home parks or subdivisions, or in substantially improved
manufactured homes parks or subdivisions, must meet all the
requirements for new construction, including elevation and anchoring.
(b) All manufactured homes placed or substantially
improved in an existing manufactured home park or subdivision must be
elevated so that:
(i) The lowest floor of the manufactured home is
elevated no lower than (one (I) foot) above the level of the base
flood elevation, or
(ii) The manufactured home chassis is supported by
reinforced piers and other foundation elements of at least an
equivalent strength, or no less than 36 inches in height above grade.
(iii) The manufactured home must be securely
anchored to the adequately anchored foundation system to resist
flotation, collapse and lateral movement.
(iv) In an existing manufactured home park or
subdivision on which a manufactured home as incurred "substantial
damage" as a result of a flood, any manufactured home placed or
substantially improved must meet the standards of Article 5, Section
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B(4)(b)(i) and (iii) above.
(c) All recreational vehicles placed on sites must
either:
(i) Be fully licensed and ready for highway use,
Or
(ii) The recreational vehicle must meet all the
requirements for new construction, including anchoring and elevation
requirements of article 5, Section B, (4)(a) or (b)(i) and (iii).
above.
A recreational vehicle is ready for highway
use if it is on its wheels or jackinS system, is attached to the site
only by quick disconnect type utilities and security devices and has
no permanently attached structures.
SECTION 4: If any section or portion of a section of this
ordinance proves to be invalid, unlawful or unconstitutional, it shall
not be held to impair the validity, force or effect of any other
section of this ordinance.
SECTION 5: That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in
conflict herewith be and the same are hereby revoked.
SECTION 6: That this ordinance shall become effective
immediately upon its passage and adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this/~day of~~ ,
A.D. 1990.
MAyOR/~ ~' ~
ATTEST:
City of Sanford, Florida
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CERTIFICATE
I, Janet R. Donahoe, City Clerk of the City of Sanford,
Florida, do hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the
foregoing Ordinance No. 3013, PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City
Commission of the City of Sanford, Florida, on the 13th day of
August, 1990, was posted at the front door of the City Hall in the
City of Sanford, Florida, on the 15th day of August, 1990.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the
official seal of the City of Sanford, Florida, this 15th day of
August, 1990.
As ~e City Clerk of the
City of Sanford,- Florida.