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(Ord. 11517, § 1, passed 3-22-1994; Ord. 25350-03-2022, § 1, passed 3-8-2022, eff. 3-23-2022)
Although the City of Fort Worth participates in the National Flood Insurance Program which provides separate regulations designed to protect against public and private losses due to flooding within FEMA Special Flood Hazard Areas, there is currently no additional regulations that deter, protect, and prevent against flood risks for areas outside of the FEMA Special Flood Hazard Areas. It is for that reason that Division 7 has been created, to promote and protect the public health, safety and general welfare of the residents of the City of Fort Worth by establishing provisions that minimize public and private losses due to flood conditions within the identified City Flood Risk Areas that are not addressed by the FEMA Special Flood Hazard Areas.
(Ord. 26962-06-2024, § 2, passed 6-11-2024, eff. 7-15-2024)
For the purpose of this division, the following words, phrases and terms shall have these meanings:
CITY FLOOD RISK AREAS (CFRA). Areas designated by the city, located generally upstream of the FEMA regulatory floodplains, where detailed engineering studies were prepared for specific watersheds indicate that storm water runoff accumulates due to concentration of flow, storm drain capacity limitations, and obstructions based on topography.
CFRA CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE. A certificate required by the city for development with a land disturbance of less than one acre within a CFRA.
COMMON PLAN OF DEVELOPMENT. Shall have the meaning ascribed to that term in the Stormwater Criteria Manual.
DESIGN FLOOD ELEVATION (DFE). Within the CFRAs, this means, water surface elevations of the 1% annual chance flood event (also known as 100-year) plus two feet of freeboard.
DEVELOPMENT. Any human-made change to improved or unimproved real property, including but not limited to, the construction or alteration of buildings or other structures such as residential structures, non-residential structures, fences, sheds, garages, and retaining walls, or the filling, grading, paving, excavation, drilling operations or storage of equipment or materials.
MINOR PROJECT. A Development of less than one acre within a CFRA that does not cause an obstruction to floodwaters, does not increase the natural grade of the property, and will not increase floodwater elevations such as, but not limited to, paving a driveway or parking area at the existing grade, small isolated obstructions such as mailboxes or single telephone poles, and interior remodels with no revisions to the existing footprint of the structure.
(Ord. 26962-06-2024, § 2, passed 6-11-2024, eff. 7-15-2024)
(a) A CFRA Certificate of Compliance is required for developments with less than one acre of land disturbance to ensure compliance with the provisions of this division. A development with areas of land disturbance of one acre or more will not require a CFRA Certificate of Compliance, but must comply with the city's Stormwater Criteria Manual. No development shall occur on any land within a CFRA unless a CFRA Certificate of Compliance or a Stormwater Drainage Study has been approved by the city.
(b) No building permit shall be issued for any property that docs not have a CFRA Certificate of Compliance or a Stormwater Drainage Study approved by the city, unless the city has determined that the development is a minor project or grants a variance to the requirements of this division.
(c) Exemptions for minor projects. Minor projects can be permitted without requiring a CFRA Certificate of Compliance per the discretion of the Floodplain Administrator or their designee. The Floodplain Administrator, or their designee, will make the determination, in their sole discretion, as to whether a project will receive an exemption as a minor project.
(Ord. 26962-06-2024, § 2, passed 6-11-2024, eff. 7-15-2024)
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