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AN ORDINANCE TO .~END SECTICNS 12-1/2-2, 12-1/2-3, 12-1/2-4, 12-1/2-5, 12-1/2-6 AND 12-1/2-10 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, 1973, PERTAINING TO FLOOD CONTROL. BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia: 1. That Sections 12-1/2-2, 12-1/2-3, 12-1/2-4, 12-1/2-5, 12-1/2-6, and 12-1/2-10 be amended and reordai~ed to read as follows: Section 12-1/2-2. Application of chapter; the zoning map of the City of Portsmouth. (a) This chapter shall apply to all lands within the City of Portsmouth which are shown on the zoning map of the City of Portsmouth to be located within Coastal High Hazard Zone V7, Special Flood District Zone A4 and Zone A7. The zoning map of the City of Portsmouth shall consist of those map sheets adopted by section 40-18 of this Code plus all map sheets which accompany this chapter and which depict flood hazard districts thereon. In the application of zoning laws within the city, the zoning map as heretofore constituted and those map sheets which depict flood hazard district shall be read and construed together. (b) Map sheets accompanying this chapter shall be of identical scale and cartographic design as the map sheet which heretofore have constituted the zoning map. Flood hazard district maps shall be so designed and configured as to be utilized as an overlay to the zoning map as it has heretofore existed. (c) Interpretation of district boundaries contained on the hazard district maps which accompany this chapter shall be accomplished in accordance with the rules and principles established in Section 40-19 of this Code. (d) The provisions of this chapter shall take precedence over any conflicting ordinance or city codes within the flood hazard districts. Section 12-1/2-3. Flood hazard districts; establishment of. The flood hazard districts within the City of Portsmouth shall be designated by the "Flood Insurance Study - Wave Height Analysis" issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FE~4A) also shown on the City's Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) dated November 2, 1983, as amended by the Federal Emergency Manage- ment Agency. This document and map, as amended, is declared to be part of this ordinance, and any changes in the delineation of the Flood Hazard District are subject to approval by the Federal Insurance Administration. The boundaries of such districts shall be identified as follows: