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~ ~'I ~ ~' ~ Iti:' :p Cl P;; ~ ~;.' co ("1.1 tJ:3............. aJ... ~ U'J~ >0 lL I--b ;c ~t3 205 ORDINANCE 1999- 72 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, AMENDING SECTION 98.031 OF THE CITY CODE TO REVISE THE AREAS OF SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD WITHIN THE CITY; INCLUDING PROCEDURAL PROVISIONS AND PROVIDING A PENALTY; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. RECITALS: 1. Section 98.031 ofthe City Code designates areas offlood hazard within the City as identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in a report entitled "The Flood Insurance Study for San Marcos, Texas" dated December 1995. 2. FEMA has issued a Letter of Map Revision (LOMR) in Case No. 98-06-1489P, authorizing a revision to the areas of special flood hazard designated in Section 98.031. 3. An amendment to Section 98.031 is necessary in order to adopt and enforce the authorized revision to the designated areas of special flood hazard. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 98.031 of the San Marcos Code of Ordinances is amended as follows (underlining indicates added text): Sec. 98.031. Basis for establishinq areas of special flood hazard. (a) The areas of special flood hazard identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency in a scientific and engineering report entitled, ''The Flood Insurance Study for San Marcos, Texas," dated December 1995, with accompanying flood insurance rate maps and flood boundary-floodway maps (FIRM and FBFM) and any revisions thereto are hereby adopted by reference and declared to be a part of this article, effective April 4, 1996. (b) FIRM panels 48209C0227 and 48209C0231 are revised in accordance with the Letter of Map Revision (LOMR) issued to the City by the Federal Emerqencv Management Aqency in Case No. 98-06-1489P effective June 15. 1999. SECTION 2. Ifanyword, phrase, clause, sentence, or paragraph of this ordinance is held to be unconstitutional or invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the other provisions of this ordinance will continue in force if they can be given effect without the invalid portion. SECTION 3. All ordinances and resolution or parts of ordinances or resolutions in conflict with this ordinance are repealed. SECTION 4. Any person violating any provision of this ordinance commits a misdemeanor and is subject to the penalty provided in Section 1.015 of the San Marcos City Code upon conviction. SECTION 5. This Ordinance will take effect 10 days after the date of its final passage, and the City Secretary will publish notice of its adoption in a newspaper of general circulation in the City. PASSED AND APPROVED on first reading July 26, 1999 PASSED AND APPROVED on second reading August 9, 1999.