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File #: 12371    Version: Name: Floodplain update
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 10/20/2008 In control: PLAN COMMISSION
On agenda: 12/2/2008 Final action: 12/2/2008
Enactment date: 12/18/2008 Enactment #: ORD-08-00136
Title: AMENDED - Amending Secs. 28.04(20)(d), 28.06(3), 28.105(1)(c)4.b., 28.105(2)(d), 28.105(3)(e)5.a., 28.12(2)(b)11., and 28.12(10)(i) of the Madison General Ordinances to update the Floodplain Insurance Rate Map and the Flood Insurance Study for the City of Madison.
Sponsors: Lauren Cnare
Attachments: 1. Version 1
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AMENDED - Amending Secs. 28.04(20)(d), 28.06(3), 28.105(1)(c)4.b., 28.105(2)(d), 28.105(3)(e)5.a., 28.12(2)(b)11., and 28.12(10)(i) of the Madison General Ordinances to update the Floodplain Insurance Rate Map and the Flood Insurance Study for the City of Madison.
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DRAFTER’S ANALYSIS: The Federal Emergency Management Agency has issued a new Flood Insurance Rate Map and Flood Insurance study for the City of Madison. Federal and state law require that the City’s Floodplain ordinance be updated to incorporate the new map and study in order to remain eligible for the National Flood Insurance Program. Additional amendments are required to remain consistent with Wis. Adm. Code Ch. NR 116.
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The Common Council of the City of Madison do hereby ordain as follows:
1. Paragraph 1. of Subdivision (d) entitled “Application Requirements for Permits and Zoning Certificates” of Subsection (20) entitled “Regulations for all Floodplain Districts” of Section 28.04 entitled “General Provisions” of the Madison General Ordinances is amended to read as follows:
” 1. Within the Floodplain Districts applications shall include a site development plan drawn to scale and submitted as part of the permit application form and shall contain the following information:
a. Name and address of the applicant, property owner and contractor.
b. Legal description, proposed use, and whether the development is new construction or a modification.
ac. Location, dimensions, area and elevation of the lot.
bd. Location of the ordinary high-water mark of any abutting navigable waterways.
ce. Location of any structures with distances measured from the lot lines and center line of all abutting streets or highways.
df. Location of any existing or proposed on-site sewage systems or private water supply systems.
eg. Location and elevation of existing...

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