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ORDINANCE NO. 2912
ORDINANCB "OF 'l'hL COUNCIL .OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
Al\1END1NG Sf..C''.t'lON 16604.185 OF TEE PALO ALTO MUNICIPAL
CODE TO PROV IDL VAR1NlCL PHOCEDURJ:S . FROH FI,OOD PLAI~1
REGULATIONS
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'J.Ht: Council of the City of Palo Alto does ORDAlN as
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Section 1. Jsel'·t-inn Hi.04.185·of the Palo Alto Municipal
Code .is h~rcby amended by adding subsecr.i.on (i) thereto to
Xei?-d .as fcillows:
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( i) The director of publ3.c vtor.ks-ci ty enginet;r
~uay gl ... ctr.~ L .=-:1 \lar i.ance frc~m tl1e flood [Jlairi man;.\g(~me~t
regula t..ions ,:;·en t;:1 '.ned in this sec+.ic .. l, or any s·tan;.,_
dards or critcrJ.~ adopted or uLilized therPunder,
for T'\f~\,) :=;tructure~-3 tc. Lr_> loca.tr..:d on ,;, lot of one
half (1/2} acre or le,:'s ;_:n ~,j.ze when:: the lot. is
:mrroundE.!d ,py · e:=xist.iny s u·ucturt:s co!H.1t.t:ucteJ belm:
·~e flood protection alev~tion, or far thA restora
tion or rocons true tiGn of i\ :-;;true lui:n J.i s ted on the
National Register of Historic Places or a. Sta~e
lnvento:cy ·of Historic P 1.aces. Sucb a varj.ance shall
only b('; ·grantt;.d if; ba::>ed upon the nature and cir
cums tan'ces of the-propost:d project, anq all the
.inforn1a tion submit ted .o~· the applicant, the director.
of public works-city enginr~er findt; al'l of. tl1e _-;'
following:
(!) the~e ~xists good and sufficient cause for
! a variance;
:· t2) !ailure to grant the variance would result
· · inJ•..exceptional hal:'dsh'ip 'to· t})e applicant; -ind .·
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(3)· .. ~4.; ..:..:..;~.;;.r~ce of a varie,nce will not
. res\ll t. in incre;,.sed flood. heights, ad,rdi tional
.:threats to publi'~ safety or extraord,ina.:c~ ~.~biic
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Applicati'on :£or .. · a variance hereunder shall ·be
. , ,made to·. the .di1;·edtox: of public works-ci'ty engineer
in suci~ ±orm and pursuCI.nt tq· such proc:edu;res as th'~
di:rectoJ:? of publi.c works-city .engineer shall, p~cs-
cribe. 'An ap-plicant:.. ior .a varian·ce .shal-l ~ul~mit such
:drawings, pla:t;ls, apecificat_ions and any other data or
inf,?rmation w:hinh the director of p'ublic works-cit;}'· .. ,
engineer may require. · · .. , -.
Upon apprCiv:ll of ,.a v.:l'riance hereunder, the c1irec.~r-r
of public works-city .. ~ng:Lneer shall r-ecc::r-:1, or. cause -to
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he recorded, as a title record for the property: in the,,"'. "·_:, --
off-i '.:!e (;£·the county recordej~·l a notice stating_ that ·-
the;. pl.oposed,st.ructure for ~thich a variance has.· been
.. granted is located in a f~'<110d prone a::_ea. In t:l;le case
ot .,3. vari'ance for new cm\struction ·or substanti1J.l im
proven\ent~ construction of whic:"-h is t;o be commenced 1
after the effective date ·of the Flo.od Insurance Rate \.
Map to be acopted, and which is located in. an' area desig.··
·' .nated'on an effective Flood Insu;anc~ Rate Mep as haviriq
,\' .. special flood hazards, the notice shall contain a state.;.
ment of the number. of feet that the lowest n,on-flopd'-proofe~
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floor of the proposed structure will be below the ,,
100-y~ar flood .level and that actuarial flood .insurance>/''
rates ·are cq~IUtlensur'ate 'with the risk involved and in-··
crease·· o!lS the first floor elevcit ion oecreases.
"• The director of ,t)ubli~ works-city engineer
shall notify.the .Federal. Insurance Administrator, in
writ.in'J 1 '-of'''the issuance of any variance hereunder,
including in said notice justification for tl1e
issuance. Such notification shall als~' be subrni tted
with·the'City'sregular'Annual Report. A copy of the
.notification shall be sent to the designated State
Coordinating Agency." ·
Section 2~ Tne. Co;_,mc.~il of the City of Palo Alto finds
--~· that the enac~-nent of this ordinance will have no signific.::m·t
adverse environmental impact.
Section 3. This O!.'d i nancG ch.::d 1 become ~ffective upon
the cO'iiiit\'enceinent of the t.hir·ty-f.i rst day after its adoption.
lN'l'RODUCED • April 5. 19'76
PASSED: AprH 19, 1976
AYES~ Beiw':lld ~ Carey, Cl~1y, Eyerly, Nt.,rtonr Sher, ¥H.therspoon
NOES; ~omstock
ABSENT : Beahi;s
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APPROVED: :'.'· 1.
~a~· ~ ·f:--:r-nire:cor cf Planning &
Community Environment
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