ORD 273ORDINANCE NO. 273
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF LA QUINTA, CALIFORNIA
AMENDING TITLE 8.11 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE
WHEREAS the City of La Quinta has previously enacted Title 8.11 of the Municipal Code, "Flood
Hazard Regulations", to enable property owners with property located in special flood hazard areas
the opportunity to acquire flood insurance, and
WHEREAS flood control improvements have been constructed within the City that reduce the risk
of flood hazard to certain special flood hazard areas identified on the original Flood Insurance Rate
Map prepared for La Quinta in 1984, and
WHEREAS the Federal Emergency Management Agency has prepared a new Flood Insurance Study
that acknowledges the new flood control improvements constructed in the mid-1980's, and
WHEREAS the Federal Emergency Management Agency has published a new Flood Insurance Rate
Map, dated August 19, 1991, pursuant to its latest Flood Insurance Study, and
WHEREAS the existing language of Title 8.11 does not reference the latest Flood Insurance Study
and attending Flood Insurance Rate Map,
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of La Quinta, California does ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. City of La Quinta Municipal Code Title 8.11 is hereby amended as follows:
1) Replace all of Section 8.11.030.B "Basis for
Establishing the Areas of Special Flood Hazard", with
the new ordinance language provided on Exhibit "A"
attached hereto.
SECTION 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty (30)
days after its adoption.
SECTION 3. POSTING. The City Clerk shall, within 15 day;Ufter passage of this
ordinance, cause it to be posted in at least three public places designated by resolution of the City
Council; shall certify to the adopton and posting of this ordinance; and, shall cause this ordinance and
its certification, together with proof of posting, to be entered in the Book of Ordinances of this City.
Ordinance No. 95 273
The foregoing Ordinance was approved and adopted at a meeting of the City Council held on the _
3rd day of October 1995, by the following vote:
AYES: Council Members Bangerter, Cathcart, Perkins, Sniff,
Mayor Pena
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
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JOHN P & A, Mlyor
City of La Quinta, California
City of La Quinta, C;alitorma
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
1%
DAWN HONEYWELL, City Attorney
City of La Quinta, California
Ordinance No. 95-273
EXHIBIT "A"
8.11.030 General provisions.
B. Basis for Establishing the Areas of Special Flood Hazard. The areas of special flood
hazard identified by the Federal Insurance Administration of the Federal Emergency Management
Agency in the Flood Insurance Study, dated August 19, 1991, and accompanying Flood Insurance
Rate Map, dated August 19, 1991, and all subsequent amendments and/or revisions are hereby
adopted by reference and declared to be a part of this chapter. This Flood Insurance Study, with its
attendant mapping, is the minimum area of applicability of this chapter and may be supplemented by
studies for other areas that allow implementation of this chapter and are recommended to the City
Council by the floodplain administrator. The Flood Insurance Study, and the Flood Insurance Rate
Map are on file in the Office of the City Engineer at 78-495 Calle Tampico, La Quinta.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE) ss.
CITY OF LA QUINTA )
I, SAUNDRA L. JUHOLA, City Clerk of the City of La Quinta, California, do hereby certify
the foregoing to be a full, true and correct copy of Ordinance No. 273 which was introduced
on the 19th day of September, 1995 and was adopted at a regular meeting held on the 3rd day
of October, 1995 not being less than 5 days after date of introduction thereof.
I finer certify that the foregoing ordinance was posted in three (3) places within the City of
La u nta as specified in a resolution of the City Council.
SAUNDRA L. JUITOLA, City Clerk
City of La Quinta, California
DECLARATION OF POSTING
I, SAUNDRA L. JUHOLA, City Clerk of the City of La Quinta, California, do hereby certify
th"e foregoing ordinance was posted on October 20, 1995 pursuant to City Council
�,�AUNDRA L. JUIOLA, City Clerk
City of La Quinta, California