HomeMy WebLinkAbout2011-030 ORDINANCE NO. 2011-030
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ARLINGTON, WASHINGTON, MAKING AMENDMENTS TO
TITLE 20 OF THE ARLINGTON MUNICIPAL CODE TO AMEND CERTAIN SECTIONS OF
ARLINGTON MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 20.64 RELATING TO FLOODWAYS, FLOODPLAIN,
DRAINAGE AND EROSION
WHEREAS, the City of Arlington has the authority to regulate land uses within the City; and
WHEREAS, the City of Arlington has adopted a land use code and Floodplain regulations
pursuant to the updated Comprehensive Plan; and
WHEREAS, the city wishes to amend provisions of the land use code relating to the management
of the floodplain; and
WHEREAS, environmental review has been completed as required by SEPA and consistent with
the requirements of the State Growth Management Act;
WHEREAS, the City Planning Commission considered these amendments at their October 04,
2011 public hearing and the City Council considered the same, along with the Planning Commission
recommendations, at a public hearing conducted on November 7, 2011 and determined approving the
amendments was in the best interest of the City and its citizens;
NOW, THEREFORE,the City Council of the City of Arlington do hereby ordain as follows:
Section 1. Arlington Municipal Code section 20.64.030 shall be and hereby is amended to read
as follows:
20.64.030 Statement of Purpose.
It is the purpose of this ordinance to promote the public health, safety, and general welfare, and to
minimize public and private losses due to flood conditions in specific areas by provisions designed:
(a)To protect human life and health;
(b) To manage development in a manner reducing impacts to floodplain processes;
(c) To minimize expenditure of public money and costly flood control projects;
(d) To minimize the need for rescue and relief efforts associated with flooding and generally undertaken
at the expense of the general public;
(e)To minimize prolonged business interruptions;
(f) To minimize damage to public facilities and utilities such as water and gas mains, electric, telephone
and sewer lines, streets, and bridges located in areas of special flood hazard;
(g) To help maintain a stable tax base by providing for the sound use and development of areas of special
flood hazard so as to minimize future flood blight areas;
(h)To ensure that potential buyers are notified that property is in an area of special flood hazard; and,
(i) To ensure that those who occupy the areas of special flood hazard assume responsibility for their
actions.
Section 2. Arlington Municipal Code section 20.64.040 shall be and hereby is amended to read
as follows:
20.64.040 Methods of Reducing Flood Losses.
In order to accomplish its purposes,this ordinance includes methods and provisions for:
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(a) Restricting or prohibiting uses which are dangerous to health, safety, and property due to water or
erosion hazards, or which result in damaging increases in erosion or in flood heights or velocities;
(b) Requiring that uses vulnerable to floods, including facilities which serve such uses, be protected
against flood damage at the time of initial construction;
(c) Controlling the alteration of natural flood plains, stream channels, wetlands and natural protective
barriers, which help accommodate or channel flood waters;
(d)Controlling filling, grading, dredging, and other development which may increase flood damage; and
(e) Preventing or regulating the construction of flood barriers that will unnaturally divert floodwaters or
may increase flood hazards in other areas.
Section 3. Arlington Municipal Code section 20.64.050 shall be and hereby is amended to
amend the following definitions, as follows:
Area of Special Flood Hazard" means the land in the floodplain within a community subject to a
one-percent or greater chance of flooding in any given year. Designation on maps always
includes the letters A or V.
"Development"means any man-made change to improved or unimproved real estate, including
but not limited to buildings or other structures, mining, dredging, filling, grading, paving,
excavation or drilling operations or storage of equipment or materials located within the area of
special flood hazard, subdivision of land, removal of substantial amounts of vegetation, or
alteration of natural site characteristics.
"Floodplain Administrator. " The Director of Community Development is hereby deemed to be
the City's Floodplain Administrator.
Section 4. Arlington Municipal Code section 20.64.050 shall be and hereby is amended to add
the following new definitions, as follows:
"Base Flood" means the flood having a 1% chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given
year (also referred to as the "100-year flood"). Designated on Flood Insurance Rate Maps by the
letters A or V.
"Channel Migration Zone" means the lateral extent of likely movement along a stream reach
during the next one hundred years with evidence of active stream channel movement over the
past one hundred years.
"Floodway" means the channel of a river or other watercourse and the adjacent land areas that
must be reserved in order to discharge the base flood without cumulatively increasing the water
surface elevation more than one foot.
"Riparian Habitat Zone" an area identified on the approved map that provides the necessary
protection perpendicularly from, 1. The ordinary high water mark 2. The Channel Migration
Zone, 3. The mapped Floodway.
Section 5. Arlington Municipal Code section 20.64.060(a) shall be and hereby is amended to
read as follows:
20.64.060 Basis for Establishing the Areas of Special Flood Hazard.
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(a)The areas of special flood hazard identified by the Federal Insurance Administration in a scientific and
engineering report entitled "The Flood Insurance Study for Snohomish County" (in which the City of
Arlington is incorporated) dated September 29, 2006, or as amended, with an accompanying Flood
Insurance Rate Map (FIRM), as amended, are hereby adopted by reference and declared to be a part of
this ordinance. The Flood Insurance Study and the FIRM are on file at Arlington City Hall, 238 North
Olympic, Arlington, Washington. The best available information for flood hazard area identification as
outlined in Subsection (b) shall be the basis for regulation until a new FIRM is issued which incorporates
the data utilized under Subsection (b).
Section & Arlington Municipal Code section 20.64.100 shall be and hereby is amended to read
as follows:
20.64.100 Supplementary Information Required with a Permit Application.
In addition to the standard information required with a permit application (§20.16.040, Applications To
Be Complete), the following information is also required for any permits proposing development within a
floodway or floodplain:
(a) Elevation in relation to mean sea level, of the lowest floor (including basement) of all
structures;
(b)Elevation in relation to mean sea level to which any structure has been flood-proofed;
(c) Certification by a registered professional engineer or architect that the flood-proofing methods
for any nonresidential structure meet the flood-proofing criteria in Subsection 20.64.180(b)
(Specific Standards for Zones Al-30, AH, and AE); and
(d) Description of the extent to which a watercourse will be altered or relocated as a result of
proposed development.
Section 7. Arlington Municipal Code section 20.64.110 shall be and hereby is amended to read
as follows:
20.64.110 Conformance with Chapter 20.88(Environmentally Critical Areas).
Wherever this section allows uses within a floodway or floodplain, that use must also be consistent with
Chapter 20.88 (Environmentally Critical Areas) and Chapter 20.92 (Shoreline Management) in terms of
both allowable use and location of use. In any case, wherever regulations in these two Chapters conflict,
the more restrictive shall prevail. The explicit intent of this section is to not allow development that is
inconsistent with Chapter 20.88 or Chapter 20.92 to occur in the restricted areas or buffers required by
that Chapter, even though it may seem permissible according to the regulations of this chapter.
Section 8. Arlington Municipal Code section 20.64.120 shall be and hereby is amended to read
as follows:
20.64.120 Location of Boundaries of Floodplain and I:Ioodway Districts and Riparian Habitat Zone.
(a). As used in this chapter, the terms floodplain and floodway refer in the first instance to certain areas
whose boundaries are determined and can be located on the ground by reference to the specific fluvial
characteristics set forth in the definitions of these terms. These terms also refer to overlay zoning districts
whose boundaries correspond to the actual physical location of floodways and floodplains as shown on
FEMA's Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) and should be shown on the map identified in §20.92
(Shoreline Master Plan). (These overlay districts thus differ from other zoning districts whose boundaries
are established solely according to planning or policy, rather than physical, criteria.) Therefore, the
administrator is authorized to make necessary interpretations as to the exact location of the boundaries of
floodways or floodplains if there appears to be a conflict between a mapped boundary and actual field
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conditions. Such interpretations, like other decisions of the administrator, may be appealed pursuant to
§20.20.010(Appeals).
(b). As used in this chapter the term Riparian Habitat Zone (RHZ) is identified on the approved RHZ
map. The RHZ is an overlay zone that encompasses lands as defined above on either side of all stream,
and for all other watercourse including off channel areas within the Special Flood Hazard Areas. The
RHZ is a no new disturbance zone, other than for activities that will not adversely affect the existing
habitat function. Any property or portion thereof that lies within the RHZ is subject to the restrictions of
the RHZ, as well as any zoning restriction that apply to the parcel in the underlying zoning. Unless shown
otherwise the RHZ on a channel migration zone is 50 feet. Other areas not identified on the RHZ, but are
located in the floodplain areas will be subject to the Shoreline Master Plan Critical Areas Appendix B.
(c). When updating the maps the City must consider future conditions and the cumulative effect from the
future land-use changes.
(d). When updating the maps the City must consider identifying and evaluating the risk of flooding
behind 100-year levees within the City jurisdiction based on future conditions and cumulative effects.
(e). When evaluating risk it may be determined that an individual project will conduct an ESA
consultation with the services.
Section . Arlington Municipal Code section 20.64.150 shall be and hereby is amended to read
as follows:
20,64.150 Permissible Uses Within Floodways.
(a). Notwithstanding Chapter 20.40 (Permissible Uses) of this Title, no permit to make use of land within
a floodway may be issued unless the proposed use is listed as permissible in the Table of Permissible
Uses, Chapter 20.88, Environmentally Critical Areas, and in the following list:
1. General habitat restoration, farming, pasture, outdoor plant nurseries, horticulture, forestry,
wildlife sanctuary, game farm, and other similar agricultural,wildlife, and related uses.
2. Ground-level loading areas, parking areas, boat launch, rotary aircraft ports, and other similar
ground-level area uses.
3. Lawns, gardens, play areas, and other similar uses.
4. Golf courses, tennis courts, driving ranges, archery ranges, picnic grounds, parks, hiking or
horseback-riding trails, open space, and other similar private and public recreational uses.
As indicated in §20.36.060 (Floodplain), the floodplain and floodway districts are established as overlay
districts.
(b)General Development standards to be followed in Special Flood Hazard Area include:
1. If a lot has a buildable site out of the Special Flood Hazard Area, all new structures shall be
located there, when feasible. If the lot is fully in the floodplain, structures must be located to have
the least impact on salmon.
2. Stormwater and drainage features shall incorporate low impact development techniques that
mimic pre-development hydrologic conditions, when technically feasible.
3. Creation of new impervious surfaces shall not exceed 10 percent of the surface area of the
portion of the lot in the floodplain unless mitigation is provided and maintained that functions as
"10%effective impervious surface".
4. Any loss of floodplain storage shall be avoided, rectified or compensated for as identified in
(20.88.530)
5. Uses that are not permitted in the Protected Area unless shown not to adversely affect water
quality, habitat, etc., include septic tanks and drain fields, dumping of nay material, hazardous or
sanitary waste landfills: receiving area for toxic or hazardous waste or other contaminants.
6. The proposed action must be designed and located so that new structural flood protection is not
needed.
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7. New road crossing over ESA listed streams within the special flood hazard area are prohibited
unless a concurrence letter from NMFS or a habitat assessment demonstrating"no adverse affect"
is received.
8. Uses that are allowed in the existing or equivalent zoning and do not require an up-zoning
increasing floodplain development densities, or participate in a TDR program that results in an
equivalent or greater area of Stillaguamish floodplain to be protected from development in
perpetuity.
Section 10. Arlington Municipal Code section 20.64.160 shall be and hereby is amended to read
as follows:
20.64.160 Construction Within Floodways and Floodplains Restricted, Habitat Protection Standards.
Any development occurring in the Floodway or Floodplain will require the issuance of a "Flood Hazard
permit". A development permit shall be obtained before construction or development begins within any
area of special flood hazard area. The permit shall be for all structures including manufactured homes,
and for all development including fill and other activities as set forth in this ordinance.
(a) No land use or building permit may be issued for any development within a floodplain until the
permit-issuing authority has reviewed the plans for any such development to assure that:
1. The proposed development is consistent with the need to minimize flood damage, and
2. All public utilities and facilities such as sewer, gas, electrical, and water systems are located
and constructed to minimize or eliminate flood damage, and
3. Adequate drainage is provided to minimize or reduce exposure to flood hazards, and
4. All necessary permits have been received from those agencies from which approval is required
by federal or state law, and
5. The application for a permit to develop in the affected area must include the elevations of the
10-, 50-, and 100-year floods,where such data are available, and
6. The applicant must record a notice on the title that the property contains land within the RHZ
and/or 100-year floodplain before a permit may be issued, and
7. Any improvements or repairs to existing structures that result in a greater than 10 percent
increase of the structure footprint must mitigate for any adverse effects, and
8. Removal of native vegetation must leave 65 percent of the surface area of the portion of the
property in the floodplain with native vegetation in an undeveloped state, and
9. Development in the floodway, RHZ, and CMZ will not adversely affect water quality, water
quantity, flood volumes, flood velocities, spawning substrate, and/or floodplain refugia for listed
salmon, and
10. Development outside the protected area must mitigate for adverse indirect effects on
stormwater, riparian vegetation, bank stability, channel migration, hyporheic zone, wetland and
large woody debris functions.
(b) No building may be constructed and no substantial improvement of an existing building may take
place within any floodway. This includes a prohibition on installing new mobile homes in an existing
mobile home park located in a floodway, even if the park is nonconforming.
(c) Where elevation data is not available either through the Flood Insurance Study, FIRM, or from another
authoritative source the applicant shall obtain, review, and reasonably utilize any base flood elevation and
floodway data available from a Federal, State or other source (§20.64.060(b) Basis for Establishing the
Areas of Special Flood Hazard), applications for building permits shall be reviewed to assure that
proposed construction will be reasonably safe from flooding. The test of reasonableness is a local
judgment and includes use of historical data, high water marks, photographs of past flooding, etc., where
available. Failure to elevate at least two feet above the highest adjacent grade in these zones may result in
higher insurance rates.
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(d) No new residential building may be constructed and no substantial improvement of a residential
building may take place within any floodplain unless the lowest floor (including basement) of the
building or improvement is elevated to or one foot above the base flood level.
1. Residential accessory structures shall be allowed within floodplains provided they are firmly
anchored to prevent flotation.
2. Anchoring of any accessory buildings may be done by bolting the building to a concrete slab or
by over-the-top ties. When bolting to a concrete slab, one-half inch bolts six feet on center with a
minimum of two per side shall be required. If over-the-top ties are used, a minimum of two ties
with a force adequate to secure the building is required.
(e) No new non-residential building may be constructed and no substantial improvements of a
nonresidential building may take place within any floodplain unless the lowest floor(including basement)
of the building or improvement is elevated or flood-proofed to or one-foot above the base flood level.
Where flood proofing is used in lieu of elevation, a registered professional engineer or architect shall
certify that any new construction or substantial improvement has been designed to withstand the flood
depths, pressure, velocities, impact, and uplift forces associated with the base flood at the location of the
building and that the walls below the base flood level are substantially impermeable to the passage of
water.
(f) For purposes of this section, "substantial improvement" means for a building constructed prior to the
effective date of this title, any repair, reconstruction, or improvement of a building the cost of which
equals or exceeds 50 percent of the market value of the structure either (i) before the improvement or
repair is started or (ii) if the structure has been damaged and is being restored, before the damage
occurred. "Substantial improvement" occurs when the first alteration on any wall, ceiling, floor, or other
structural part of the building commences, whether or not that alteration affects the external dimensions of
the building. The term does not, however, include either(i) any project for improvement of a structure to
comply with existing state or local health, sanitary, or safety code specifications that are solely necessary
to insure safe living conditions, or (ii) any alteration of a building listed on the National Register of
Historic Places or a State Inventory of Historic Places.
(g) No land use or building permit may be issued for any development within a floodplain until the
permit-issuing authority has reviewed the plans to assure that any new construction or substantial
improvements shall be:
1. Designed (or modified) and adequately anchored to prevent flotation collapse, or lateral
movement of the structure.
2. Constructed with materials and utility equipment resistant to flood damage.
3. Constructed by methods and practices that minimize flood damage.
(h) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, no mobile home may be located or relocated within
that portion of the floodplain outside of the floodway, unless the following criteria are met:
1. Ground anchors for tie downs are provided.
2. The following tie-down requirements are met:
i. All new construction and substantial improvements shall be anchored to prevent
flotation, collapse, or lateral movement of the structure.
ii. All manufactured homes must likewise be anchored to prevent flotation, collapse, or
lateral movement, and shall be installed using methods and practices that minimize flood
damage. Anchoring methods may include, but are not limited to, use of over-the-top or
frame ties to ground anchors (Reference FEMA's "Manufactured Home Installation in
Flood Hazard Areas" guidebook for additional techniques).
3. Lots or pads are elevated on compacted fill or by any other method approved by the
administrator so that the lowest habitable floor of the mobile home is at or above the base flood
level.
4. Adequate surface drainage and easy access for mobile home hauler is provided.
5. Load-bearing foundation supports such as piers or pilings must be engineered.
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(i) Whenever any portion of a floodplain is filled in with fill dirt, slopes shall be adequately stabilized to
withstand the erosive force of the base flood.
Section 11. Arlington Municipal Code section 20.64.180(b) shall be and hereby is amended to
read as follows:
(b) Nonresidential Construction New construction and substantial improvement of any commercial,
industrial or other nonresidential structure shall either have the lowest floor, including basement, elevated
one foot or more above the base flood elevation; or, together with attendant utility and sanitary facilities,
shall:
1. Be flood-proofed so that below one foot or more above the base flood level the structure is
watertight with walls substantially impermeable to the passage of water;
2. Have structural components capable of resisting hydrostatic and hydrodynamic loads and
effects of buoyancy;
3. Be certified by a registered professional engineer or architect that the design and methods of
construction are in accordance with accepted standards of practice for meeting provisions of this
subsection based on their development and or review of the structural design, specifications and
plans. Such certifications shall be provided to the Floodplain Administrator or Building Official.
4.Nonresidential structures that are elevated, not flood-proofed, must meet the same standards for
space below the lowest floor as described in 20.64.180(a)(2) (Specific Standards for Zones A1-
30, AH, and AE Residential Construction);
5. Applicants flood-proofing nonresidential buildings shall be notified that flood insurance
premiums will be based on rates that are one foot below the flood-proofed level (e.g. a building
flood-proofed to the base flood level will be rated as one foot below).
Section 12. Arlington Municipal Code section 20.64.230 shall be and hereby is amended to read
as follows:
20.64.230 Utility Systems in Floodways and Floodplains.
Whenever any portion of a proposed development is located within a floodway or floodplain, the agency
or agencies responsible for certifying to the city the adequacy of the utility systems for the development
(as set forth in Chapter 20.60) shall be informed by the developer that a specified area within the
development lies within a floodway or floodplain. Thereafter, said agency shall certify, prior to approval
of the proposed system, that:
1. All new and replacement water supply systems are designed to minimize or eliminate
infiltration of flood waters into the systems;
2. Any proposed water wells are located on high ground that is not in the floodway (WAC H 3-
160-1 U 1);
3. New and replacement sanitary sewage systems are designed to minimize or eliminate
infiltration of flood waters into the systems and discharges from the systems into flood waters;
and,
4. On-site waste disposal systems are located to avoid impairment to them or contamination from
them during flooding; and
5. All new utilities would be located outside of the Channel Migration Zone.
Section 13. Arlington Municipal Code section 20.64.250 shall be and hereby is amended to read
as follows:
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20.64.250 Additional Duties of Administrator Related to Flood Insurance and Flood Control, including
information to be obtained and maintained.
The administrator shall:
(a) For the purpose of the determination of applicable flood insurance risk premium rates within Zone A
on the city's Flood Insurance Rate Map provided by the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency:
1. Obtain and record the elevation (in relation to mean sea level) of the lowest floor (including
basement) of all new or substantially improved structures including to which level it was flood-
proofed; and
2. Obtain, for all structures that have been flood-proofed(whether or not such structures contain a
basement)the elevation (in relation to mean sea level in the FEMA datum)to which the structure
was flood-proofed; and
3. Maintain the floodproofing certifications found in others sections of this ordinace; and
4. For development that occurs outside of the protected area the city will track projects which
have been issued floodplain development permits, including effects to flood storage and fish
habitat and mitigation provided.
5. Maintain a record of all such information for public inspection.
(b) Notify, in riverine situations, adjacent communities, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the
Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife, and any effected diking or drainage districts prior to
any alteration or relocation of a watercourse, and submit copies of such notification to the Federal
Insurance Administrator.
(c) Ensure that the flood-carrying capacity within the altered or relocated portion of any watercourse is
maintained and within the same sub-basin so carrying capacity is not diminished.
(d) Maintain the records of all appeal actions and report any variances to the Federal Insurance
Administration upon request.
Section 14. Arlington Municipal Code section 20.64.260 shall be and hereby is amended to read
as follows:
20.64.260 0 ariances from Requirements.
(a) Generally, the only condition under which a variance from the elevation standard may be issued is for
new construction and substantial improvements to be erected on a lot of one-half acre or less in size
contiguous to and surrounded by lots with existing structures constructed below the base flood level,
providing items (1-11) in Subsection (i) have been fully considered. As the lot size increases, the
technical justification required for issuing the variance increases.
(b)0 ariances may be issued for the reconstruction, rehabilitation, or restoration of structures listed on the
National Register of Historic Places or the State Inventory of Historic Places, without regard to the
procedures set forth in this section.
(c) 0 ariances shall not be issued within a designated floodway if any increase in flood levels during the
base flood discharge would result, or the development may eventually require additional structural flood
protection.
(d) U ariances shall only be issued upon a determination that the variance is the minimum necessary,
considering the flood hazard, to afford relief.
(e)H ariances shall only be issued upon:
1. A showing of good and sufficient cause;
2. The submittal, review and approval of a Biological Assessment;
3. A determination that failure to grant the variance would result in exceptional hardship to the
applicant;
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4. A determination that the granting of a variance will not result in increased flood heights,
additional threats to public safety, extraordinary public expense, create nuisances, cause fraud on
or victimization of the public, or conflict with existing local laws or ordinances.
(f)H ariances as interpreted in the National Flood Insurance Program are based on the general zoning law
principle that they pertain to a physical piece of property; they are not personal in nature and do not
pertain to the structure, its inhabitants, economic or financial circumstances. They primarily address small
lots in densely populated residential neighborhoods. As such, variances from the flood elevations should
be quite rare.
(g) n ariances may be issued for nonresidential buildings in very limited circumstances to allow a lesser
degree of flood-proofing than watertight or dry-flood-proofing, where it can be determined that such
action will have low damage potential, complies with all other variance criteria except Subsection (i)l,
and otherwise complies with §20.64.1H 0(a) General Standards), 20.64.10 0(c), and §20.64.230 (Utility
Systems in Floodways and Floodplains).
(h) Any applicant to whom a variance is granted is hereby notified that the structure will be permitted to
be built with a lowest floor elevation below the base flood elevation and that the cost of flood insurance
will be commensurate with the increased risk resulting from the reduced lowest floor elevation.
(i) In granting a variance, in addition to the findings of§20.20.030 (H ariances), the decision-maker shall
consider and make findings concerning all technical evaluations, all relevant factors, standards specified
in other sections of this chapter, and (including the degree to which the applicant proposes to mitigated
impacts to)the following:
1. The danger that materials may be swept onto other lands to the injury of others;
2. The danger to life and property due to flooding or erosion damage;
3. The impact to ESA listed species;
4. The susceptibility of the proposed facility and its contents to flood damage and the effect of
such damage on the individual owner;
5. The importance of the services provided by the proposed facility to the community;
6. The necessity to the facility of a waterfront location,where applicable;
U . The availability of alternative locations for the proposed use which are not subject to flooding
or erosion damage;
8. The compatibility of the proposed use with existing and anticipated development;
9. The relationship of the proposed use to the comprehensive plan and flood plain management
program for that area;
10. The safety of access to the property in times of flood for ordinary and emergency vehicles;
11. The expected heights, velocity, duration, rate of rise, debris and sediment transport of the
flood waters and the effects of wave action, if applicable, expected at the site; and,
12. The costs of providing governmental services during and after flood conditions, including
maintenance and repair of public utilities and facilities such as sewer, gas, electrical, and water
systems, and streets and bridges.
0) Upon consideration of the factors of Subsection (b) and the purposes of this ordinance, the decision-
maker may attach such conditions to the granting of a waiver, as it deems necessary to further the
purposes of this chapter.
Section 15. Severability. If any provision, section, or part of this ordinance shall be adjudged to
be invalid or unconstitutional, such adjudication shall not affect the validity of the ordinance as a whole or
any section, provision or part thereof not adjudged invalid or unconstitutional.
Section 16. Effective Date. The title of this Ordinance, which summarizes the contents of
this ordinance, shall be published in the official newspaper of the City. The Ordinance shall take effect
and be in full force five(5)days after the date of publication.
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PASSED BY the City Council and APPROVED by the Mayor thisq�—day of December,2011.
CITY OF ARLINGTON
Marg arson, Ma or
Attest:
4Kristinfield,City Cle k
Approved as to form:
S -ven J.peiWj
CIJX At rney
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CERTIFICATION OF ORDINANCE
I, Kristin Banfield, being the duly appointed and acting Clerk of the City of Arlington,
Washington, a municipal corporation, do hereby certify that the following Ordinance #2011-030
was approved at the December 5, 2011 City Council meeting.
ORDINANCE#2011-030
"AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ARLINGTON, WASHINGTON, MAKING
AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 20 OF THE ARLINGTON MUNICIPAL CODE TO AMEND
CERTAIN SECTIONS OF ARLINGTON MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 20.64 RELATING
TO FLOODWAYS, FLOODPLAIN, DRAINAGE AND EROSION"
A true and correct copy of the original ordinance is attached.
Dated this 61h day of December, 2011.
Kristin anfield
City Clerk for the City of Arlington