O-2020-0012 - 1/9/2020 1 ORDINANCE NO. 0-2020-0012
4 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT CODE,
5 CHAPTER 1, ARTICLE III, SECTION 1-50 AND CHAPTER 8, ARTICLE
6 X, DIVISION 12, SECTIONS 8-160(b), 8-161(a) AND 8-161(b)(1)(f)
7 REGARDING FLOOD DAMAGE PREVENTION, CODE OF
8 ORDINANCES (2018 EDITION), CITY OF ROUND ROCK, TEXAS; AND
9 PROVIDING FOR A SAVINGS CLAUSE AND REPEALING
10 CONFLICTING ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS.
11
12 BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROUND ROCK,
1,,) TEXAS:
14 I.
15 That Zoning and Development Code, Chapter 1, Article III, Section 1-50, Code of
16 Ordinances (2018 Edition), City of Round Rock, Texas, is hereby amended as follows:
17 CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS
18
19 Sec. 1-50.- Definitions.
20 The purpose of this section is to define words, terms and phrases contained within this code, unless
21 otherwise specifically defined elsewhere herein. Definitions for words not defined below may be defined
22 elsewhere in the City of Round Rock Code of Ordinances or found in Webster's Dictionary of the English
23 language, unabridged, subject to interpretation by the PDS director.
_.._......_.__......._- _..__. _..__.._............ .....__._..__e_.._..__......._..._...._._._...._....._._.._......................_.................. ------
_.,..__...._......_.._..__._....__......_._., _..__..._._..__...........,_..._.
Term Definition
IThe division of a parcel of land into two or more parcels;the construction,
s
reconstruction, conversion, structural alteration, relocation, or enlargement of any
buildings; any use or change in use of any buildings or land; any extension of any use of !
land or any clearing, grading, excavation or other movement of land, for which
1 permission may be required pursuant to this Code. Includes reconstruction, alteration of I
;the size, or material change in the external appearance of a structure; changes in
Development E intensity of land use; alteration of shores or banks of ponds, lakes, creeks or streams; and
excavation for the construction, the moving, alteration, or repair, except ordinary repairs,
1 o any building or other structure, including an accessory structure, exceeding 100 square
'feet in area. For the purposes of Part III, Chapter 8, Article X, Division 12 of this Code,
development shall also include any man-made change in improved and unimproved real
r
!estate, including but not limited to mining, dredging, filling, paving or drilling operations
or storage of equipment or materials.
0112.1902;00435344
1 II.
2 That Zoning and Development Code, Chapter 8, Article X, Division 12, Section 8-
3 160(b), Code of Ordinances (2018 Edition), City of Round Rock, Texas, is hereby
4 amended as follows:
5 CHAPTER 8. ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
6
7 Sec. 8-160. -General provisions.
8 (b) Basis for establishing the areas of special flood hazard. The areas of special flood hazard identified
9 by the Federal Emergency Management Agency in a scientific and engineering report entitled the
10 "Flood Insurance Study for Williamson County, Texas and Incorporated Areas," dated December 20,
11 2019, and the "Flood Insurance Study for Travis County, Texas, and Incorporated Areas," dated
12 August 18, 2014, with accompanying flood insurance rate maps, and any revisions thereto are
13 hereby adopted by reference and declared to be a part of this section.
14
15 III.
16 That Zoning and Development Code, Chapter 8, Article X, Division 12, Sections
17 8-161(a) and 8-161(b)(1)(f), Code of Ordinances (2018 Edition), City of Round Rock,
18 Texas, is hereby amended as follows:
19 CHAPTER 8. ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
20
21 Sec. 8-161. -Administration.
22 (a) Designation of the floodplain administrator. The director of utilities and environmental services or the
23 director's designee is hereby appointed the floodplain administrator to administer and implement the
24 provisions of this article and other appropriate sections of 44 CFR (National Flood Insurance
25 Program regulations) pertaining to floodplain management.
26 (b) Duties and responsibilities of the floodplain administrator.
27 (1) Duties and responsibilities of the floodplain administrator shall include, but not be limited to, the
28 following:
29 a. Maintain and hold open for public inspection all records pertaining to the provisions of this
30 article.
31 b. Review permit application to determine whether proposed building site, including the
32 placement of manufactured homes, will be reasonably safe from flooding.
33 c. Review, approve or deny all applications from development permits required by adoption of
34 this article.
35 d. Review permits for proposed development to assure that all necessary permits have been
36 obtained from those federal, state or local governmental agencies (including section 404 of
37 the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972, 33 USC 1344) from which
38 prior approval is required.
2
I e. Make the necessary interpretation where interpretation is needed as to the exact location
2 of the boundaries of the areas of special flood hazards (for example, where there appears
3 to be a conflict between a mapped boundary and actual field conditions).
4 f. Notify, in riverine situations, adjacent communities, the state coordinating agency, which is
5 the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB), and the Texas Commission on
6 Environmental Quality (TCEQ), prior to any alteration or relocation of a watercourse, and
7 submit evidence of such notification to the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
8 g. Ensure that the flood-carrying capacity within the altered or relocated portion of any
9 watercourse is maintained.
10 h. When base flood elevation data has not been provided in accordance with Sec. 8-160(b),
11 obtain, review and reasonably utilize any base flood elevation data and floodway data
12 available from a federal, state or other source, in order to administer the provisions of Sec.
13 8-162.
14 i. Must require that no new construction, substantial improvements, or other development
15 (including fill) shall be permitted within zones AI-30 and AE on the community's FIRM when
16 a regulatory floodway has not been designated, unless it is demonstrated that the
17 cumulative effect of the proposed development, when combined with all other existing and
18 anticipated development, will not increase the water surface elevation of the base flood
19
20 IV.
21 A. All ordinances, parts of ordinances, or resolutions in conflict herewith are
22 expressly repealed.
23 B. The invalidity of any section or provision of this ordinance shall not
24 invalidate other sections or provisions thereof.
25 C. The City Council hereby finds and declares that written notice of the date,
26 hour, place and subject of the meeting at which this Ordinance was adopted was posted
27 and that such meeting was open to the public as required by law at all times during
28 which this Ordinance and the subject matter hereof were discussed, considered and
29 formally acted upon, all as required by the Open Meetings Act, Chapter 551, Texas
3o Government Code, as amended.
3
1 Alternative 1.
2 By motion duly made, seconded and passed with an affirmative vote of all the
3 Council members present, the requirement for reading this ordinance on two separate
4 days was dispensed with.
5 READ, PASSED, and ADOPTED on first reading this day of
6 , 2020.
7 Alternative 2.
s READ and APPROVED on first reading this the day of
9 , 2020.
10 READ, APPROVED and ADOPTED on second reading this the day of
11 , 2020.
12
13
14
15 CRAIG ORG , Mayor
16 City of ound Pock, Texas
17
18 ATTEST:
19
20
21 SARA L. WHITE, City Clerk
4