City of Franklin - File #: 16-0811

• File #: 16-0811
• Version: 1
• Name: Ord 2016-39 Amend Zoning Ord
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Consent Agenda
• File created: 9/12/2016
• In control: Board of Mayor & Aldermen
• On agenda: 11/22/2016
• Final action: 11/22/2016
• Title: Consideration of Ordinance 2016-39, To Be Entitled: "An Ordinance To Amend Chapters 3 And 5 Of The Zoning Ordinance Of The City Of Franklin, Tennessee, To Adopt The New FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps, And Amend The City Of Franklin Zoning Map To Update The Boundaries Of The Floodway Fringe (FFO) And Floodway (FWO) Overlay Districts Accordingly." (09/22/16 FMPC 9-0 and 10/11/16 WS & 1st BOMA Reading 8-0; 11/08/16 2nd Reading 8-0) THIRD AND FINAL READING
• Sponsors: Ald. Ann Petersen

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
11/22/2016	1	Board of Mayor & Aldermen	approved	Pass
11/8/2016	1	Board of Mayor & Aldermen	referred as a Consent Item	Pass
10/11/2016	1	Work Session	acknowledged
10/11/2016	1	Board of Mayor & Aldermen	referred as a Public Hearing Item	Pass
9/22/2016	1	Franklin Municipal Planning Commission	recommended favorably to the Board of Alderman and	Pass

DATE: 9/14/2016

TO: Franklin Municipal Planning Commission

FROM: Jim Svoboda, Principal Planner
Emily Hunter, Director of Planning and Sustainability

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Consideration of Ordinance 2016-39, To Be Entitled: "An Ordinance To Amend Chapters 3 And 5 Of The Zoning Ordinance Of The City Of Franklin, Tennessee, To Adopt The New FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps, And Amend The City Of Franklin Zoning Map To Update The Boundaries Of The Floodway Fringe (FFO) And Floodway (FWO) Overlay Districts Accordingly." (09/22/16 FMPC 9-0 and 10/11/16 WS & 1st BOMA Reading 8-0; 11/08/16 2nd Reading 8-0) THIRD AND FINAL READING
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Background/Staff Comments
The purpose of Ordinance 2016-39 is to amend Chapters 3 and 5 of the Franklin Zoning Ordinance to adopt the new Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), Flood Insurance Study (FIS), and to amend the Franklin Zoning Map to update the boundaries of the Floodway Fringe (FFO) and Floodway (FWO) Overlay Districts to match the FIRMs.

The City of Franklin received a final determination notice from FEMA on June 22, 2016, that the proposed modified flood hazard determinations (FHDs) affecting the City's FIRMs and FIS had been approved by FEMA, effective as of December 22, 2016. The Floodplain Protection standards in Chapter 5 enable the City to consider the new FIS data and FIRMs as better data and the City is able to enforce the new maps prior to adoption of Ordinance 2016-39. However, in order to maintain eligibility in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), the City is required by Federal Regulations to adopt an Ordinance formally adopting the FIS and FIRMs.

The FIS and FIRMs that were updated by FEMA were prepared for the Harpeth River Watershed area and did not include other watersheds with the City of Franklin or the Urban Growth Boundary (UGB). Therefore, the FIRMs that were not included in the new FIS will maintain their original panel numbers and effective date of ...