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yy~t.. •.,- , R ~' 1 £?` ~ ~~~` yid ~ z~ i 1 C~-84 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 14.1 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA (2006) BY AMENDING AND REORDAINING SECTIONS 14.1-6, 14.1-7, 14.1-9 AND 14.1-15 TO REFLECT CHANGES IN CITY DEPARTMENTAL CONFIGURATION. BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia: 1. That. subsection 14.1-6 of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia (2006) is hereby amended and reordained as follows. Subsection 14.1-6(b) is not hereby amended. Sec. 14.1-6. -Description of district. (a) Description of special flood hazard areas. The various special flood hazard districts shall include the special flood hazard areas (SFHAs). The basis for the delineation of these districts shall be the flood insurance study (FIS), and flood insurance rate map (FIRM) prepared for the City of Portsmouth by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Federal Insurance Administration, dated August 3, 2015, and any subsequent revisions or amendments thereto. The City of Portsmouth may identify and regulate local flood hazard or pending areas that are not delineated on the FIRM. These areas maybe delineated on a "Local Flood Hazard Map" using best available topographic data and locally derived information such as flood of record, historic high water marks or approximate study methodologies. The boundaries of the SFHA Districts are established as shown on the FIRM, which is declared to be a part of this ordinance and which shall be kept on file at the City of Portsmouth floodplain administrator's offic ~, and which may include the following districts: (1) The floodway district is in an AE Zone and is delineated, for purposes of this chapter, using the criterion that certain areas within the floodplain must be capable of carrying the waters of the one percent annual chance flood without increasing the water surface elevation of that flood more than one foot at any point. The areas included in this district, if any, are shown on the FIRM. Currently, according to the above-referenced FIRM (August 3, 2015),there are no floodways designated in the latest Portsmouth FIS. (2) The AE or AH Zones on the FIRM accompanying the FIS shall be those areas for which one percent annual chance flood elevations have been provided and the floodway has not been delineated. (3) The A Zone on the FIRM accompanying the FIS shall be those areas for which no detailed flood profiles or elevations are provided, but the one percent annual chance floodplain boundary has been approximated. (4) The AO Zone on the FIRM accompanying the FIS shall be those areas of shallow flooding identified as AO on the FIRM.