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Memo
Fire Department / Inspections Division
TO: Doug Marek
Judy Parks
Diane Voss
FROM: David Brown
DATE: December 26, 2007
SUBJECT: FEMA Flood Plain Maps - Ordinance Text Amendment
Doug, Judy:
I believe Diane recently discussed the protocol for this item with Doug - need for public hearing, scheduling, etc.
Below, I'm showing text of current ordinance, and including new ordinance text suggested by the Iowa FEMA
coordinator, Sandra Cox, of the IDNR. I'm also attaching my draft CAF for your review and background.
Please prepare the necessary ordinance and schedule on Council agenda to move this forward and accomplish
formal adoption by the February 20 deadline set by FEMA.
Please advise of any further information or assistance I need to provide in this process.
Thank-you.
Text of Ordinance No. 3769, approved by Council May 25, 2004:
"Sec. 9.2
(2) Establishment of Official Flood Plain Zoning Map. The Flood Boundary Map
prepared as part of the Flood Insurance Study for the City of Ames, Iowa, in 1980, and subsequently
thereafter during 2003 and 2004, as revised to conform to the flood boundary map prepared as part of
the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Federal Insurance Rate Map, July 16, 2004
(FIRM), Federal Insurance Administration, Revised Flood Insurance Study, Teagarden Area Watershed,
are hereby adopted by reference and declared to by the official Flood Plain Zoning Map. The flood
profiles and all explanatory material contained with the said flood insurance studies and pertinent maps
are also adopted by this reference and made a part thereof.
(Ord. No 3228, Sec. 2, 6-8-93)"
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Suggested ordinance language for this revision, submitted to us by Sandra Cox, Iowa
DNR, (515) 281-4333, the State FEMA coordinator for our region:
"Sec. 9.2 GENERAL PROVISIONS
(2) Establishment of Official Flood Plain Zoning Map. The Story County, Iowa and Incorporated
Areas Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM), City of Ames Panels 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 161, 162, 163,
164, 168, 170, 256, 257, and 276, dated February 20, 2008, prepared as part of the Flood Insurance
Study for Story County and Incorporated Areas are hereby adopted by reference and declared to be the
Official Flood Plain Zoning Map. The flood profiles and all explanatory material contained with the
Flood Insurance Study are also declared to be a part of this ordinance."
Sandra's note -
"NOTE: If the 2004 Teagarden Area Watershed data is NOT incorporated into the Story County, Iowa
and Incorporated Areas FIRM and the City wishes to use this data for regulatory purposes it will need to
also be referenced in this section."
(since this reference is contained in current ordinance, it should also be added to the new one)
- David Brown
Draft CAF on next page
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