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ORDINANCE NO. 2025 - _JZJ, <br />AN ORDINANCE BY THE CITY OF SUNNY ISLES BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING <br />SECTIONS 161-10,161-11, AND 161-14 OF CHAPTER 161 OF THE CITY'S CODE OF <br />ORDINANCES, ENTITLED "FLOOD DAMAGE PREVENTION", TO SPECIFY <br />ELEVATION OF MANUFACTURED HOMES IN FLOOD HAZARD AREAS; PROVIDING <br />FOR APPLICABILITY; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR <br />CODIFICATION; PROVIDING FOR REPEALER; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE <br />DATE. <br />WHEREAS, the Legislature of the State of Florida has, in Chapter 166 — Municipalities, <br />Florida Statutes, conferred upon local governments the authority to adopt regulations designed <br />to promote the public health, safety, and general welfare of its citizenry; and <br />WHEREAS, the City of Sunny Isles Beach participates in the National Flood Insurance <br />Program and participates in the NFIP's Community Rating System, a voluntary incentive program <br />that recognizes and encourages community floodplain management activities that exceed the <br />minimum program requirements and achieved a CRS rating of Class 8 making citizens who <br />purchase NFIP flood insurance policies eligible for premium discounts; and <br />WHEREAS, in 2020 the NFIP Community Rating System established certain minimum <br />prerequisites for communities to qualify for or maintain class ratings of Class 8 or better; and <br />WHEREAS, to satisfy the prerequisite and for the City of Sunny Isles Beach to maintain the <br />current CRS rating, all manufactured homes installed or replaced in special flood hazard areas <br />must be elevated to or above at least the base flood elevation plus 1 foot, which necessitates <br />modification of the existing requirements; and <br />WHEREAS, the City Commission determined that it is in the public interest to amend the <br />floodplain management regulations to better protect manufactured homes and to continue <br />participating in the Community Rating System at the current class rating. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SUNNY <br />ISLES BEACH, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:' <br />Section 1. Incorporation of Recitals. The foregoing "WHEREAS" clauses are hereby ratified <br />and confirmed as being true and correct and are hereby made a specific part by this Ordinance <br />upon adoption hereof. <br />Section 2. Amendment to Chapter 161. Chapter 161 of the Code of Ordinances is hereby <br />amended as follows: <br />1 Additions to existing text are shown by underline, changes to existing text on second reading are shown by <br />double underline, and deletions are shown as SFil(�*.,(ethFE)Ugh. <br />1 <br />