King County - File #: 2009-0473

• File #: 2009-0473
• Version: 3
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 8/17/2009
• In control: Physical Environment Committee
• On agenda: 10/26/2009
• Final action: 10/26/2009
• Enactment date: 11/3/2009
• Enactment #: 16686
• Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to compliance with the National Flood Insurance Program; and amending Ordinance 10870, Section 138, as amended, and K.C.C. 21A.06.490, Ordinance 10870, Section 470, as amended, and K.C.C. 21A.24.230, Ordinance 10870, Section 471, as amended, and K.C.C. 21A.24.240, Ordinance 10870, Section 472, as amended, and K.C.C. 21A.24.250 and Ordinance 10870, Section 474, as amended, and K.C.C. 21A.24.270.
• Sponsors: Jane Hague, Julia Patterson, Reagan Dunn, Larry Gossett, Dow Constantine, Bob Ferguson, Larry Phillips, Kathy Lambert, Pete von Reichbauer
• Indexes: Flood Control
• Code sections: 21A.06.490 - , 21A.24.230 - , 21A.24.240 - , 21A.24.250 - , 21A.24.270 -

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/26/2009	2	Metropolitan King County Council	Hearing Held
10/26/2009	3	Metropolitan King County Council	Passed as Amended	Pass
9/9/2009	1	Physical Environment Committee	Amended	Pass
9/9/2009	2	Physical Environment Committee	Recommended Do Pass Substitute	Pass
8/17/2009	1	Metropolitan King County Council	Introduced and Referred

Title
AN ORDINANCE relating to compliance with the National Flood Insurance Program; and amending Ordinance 10870, Section 138, as amended, and K.C.C. 21A.06.490, Ordinance 10870, Section 470, as amended, and K.C.C. 21A.24.230, Ordinance 10870, Section 471, as amended, and K.C.C. 21A.24.240, Ordinance 10870, Section 472, as amended, and K.C.C. 21A.24.250 and Ordinance 10870, Section 474, as amended, and K.C.C. 21A.24.270.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. King County and nearly twenty-one thousand other communities across the United States and its territories participate in the National Flood Insurance Program by adopting and enforcing floodplain management regulations to reduce future flood damage.
2. The National Flood Insurance Program makes federally backed flood insurance available to homeowners, renters and business owners in these communities.
3. Participation in the National Flood Insurance Program is voluntary; however federally-backed flood insurance is not available in communities that do not participate in the National Flood Insurance Program.
4. The Federal Emergency Management Agency ("FEMA"), or state agency acting on behalf of FEMA, conducts Community Assistance Visits to provide technical assistance to communities and to determine if the community is in compliance with the National Flood Insurance Program.
5. The Washington State Department of Ecology, acting on behalf of FEMA, conducted a Community Assistance Visit for King County on January 15, 2009.
6. The Community Assistance Visit identified issues with King County flood regulations that must be corrected in order for King County's regulations to be in compliance with the National Flood Insurance Program.
7. The issues identified generally related to performance standards for the AO ("shallow flooding") flood zone. In addition, King County flood regulations allow a Professional Engineer to prepare a Federal Emergency Management Agency Elevation Certificate; only Professional Lan...