2020/06/10 Council Agenda Packet

-h- l:. ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING IN 1'ERIM REGULATIONS FOR FLOOD DAMAGE PREVENTION,REPEALING SECTION 3 OF ORDINANCE NO. 1847-92, AS AMENDED (EMC 19.04.030); REPEALING SECTION 30 OF ORDINANCE NO. 1671-89,AS AMENDED (EMC CHAPTER 19.30); AMENDING RELATED SECTIONS OF ORDINANCE NO. 1671-89,AS AMENDED; DECLARING A PUBLIC EMERGENCY TO EXIST,AND ESTABLISHING AN EXPIRATION DAlE CONSISTENT WITH RCW 36.70A.390. WHEREAS, the City Council finds the following: 1. The City of Everett has several areas within the City that are subject to periodic flooding or have the potential to experience damages from flood waters during storm events. 2. The City of Everett participates in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) so properties in Everett remain eligible for flood insurance. 3. The Federal Emergency Management Agency(FEMA)periodically updates Flood Insurance Study for Snohomish County,to provide more accurate information concerning flood risks and impact, including properties located in Everett. 4. FEMA has established a deadline of June 19,2020, for local jurisdictions to adopt revised flood damage prevention regulations to minimize the potential for damages from flood events. 5. The City's current flood hazard regulations were last updated in 2005. 6. FEMA has adopted new Flood Insurance Rate Maps that change the areas in Everett that are expected to be vulnerable to damages from flood events. 7. A new set of Flood Damage Prevention regulations have been proposed by FEMA for local jurisdictions to use to implement the requirements of the NFIP. 8. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the Governor's Stay at Home, Stay Healthy orders, the City will not be able to follow its noiuial process to hold Planning Commission meetings, or take public comments at public hearings for amendments to the Zoning Code prior to the FEMA-required date for local jurisdictions to have adopted and effective new Flood Damage Prevention regulations. 1 107