Jackson County Missouri - File #: 3833

• File #: 3833
• Version: 0
• Name: Jackson County Code relating to (FEMA)
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 10/9/2006
• In control: Land Use Committee
• On agenda: 10/9/2006
• Final action: 10/30/2006
• Title: AN ORDINANCE amending section 24004., Jackson County Code, 1984, relating to Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) maps used for the development of land in unincorporated Jackson County.
• Sponsors: Bob Spence
• Indexes: FEMA, JACKSON COUNTY CODE

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/30/2006	0	County Legislature	Consent Agenda
10/30/2006	0	County Legislature	perfect	Pass
10/30/2006	0	County Legislature	suspend the rules to consider final passage
10/30/2006	0	County Legislature	Consent Agenda	Pass
10/30/2006	0	County Legislature	adopt	Pass
10/27/2006	0	County Legislature	Go To 4th Perfection	Pass
10/27/2006	0	Land Use Committee
10/23/2006	0	Land Use Committee
10/17/2006	0	County Legislature	Go To 3rd Perfection	Pass
10/11/2006	0	County Legislature	Go To 1st Perfection	Pass
10/10/2006	0	County Legislature	Go To 2nd Perfection	Pass
10/9/2006	0	County Legislature	assign to committee

IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI

Title
AN ORDINANCE amending section 24004., Jackson County Code, 1984, relating to Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) maps used for the development of land in unincorporated Jackson County.

Intro
ORDINANCE #3833, October 9, 2006

INTRODUCED BY Bob Spence, County Legislator



Body
WHEREAS, chapter 240, Jackson County Code, 1984, known as " the Unified Development Code of Jackson County," or "the Code," sets out a scheme for the orderly development of land in unincorporated Jackson County, consistent with the intent and purposes of the County's Master Plan; and,

WHEREAS, the Director of Public Works has recommended that the Code be amended to incorporate the recently revised 2006 Flood Insurance Rate Maps for the unincorporated area of Jackson County, Missouri, published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency dated September 29, 2006, and index panels 29095 CIND1A and 29095 CIND2A dated September 29, 2006; and,

WHEREAS, the Plan Commission conducted a public hearing on the recommended amendment on September 21, 2006, during which it heard testimony, and after which it voted 8-0 to recommend approval of the amendment to the Legislature; and,

WHEREAS, the proposed amendment is in the best interests of the health, welfare, and safety of the citizens of Jackson County; therefore,

BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, as follows:

Section A. Enacting Clause. Section 24004., Jackson County, 1984, is amended to read as follows, with any affected subsections to be renumbered accordingly:

24004.14 FLOODWAY OVERLAY DISTRICT (FW)

a. Purpose. The areas designated in the Floodway Overlay District (FW) consist of land in drainageway channels where the construction of buildings would create obstructions to drainage or hazard to life or property. The FW District includes land in the floodway as defined by FEMA. It is intended that...