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ORDINANCE NO. 20185 AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (FEMA) FLOOD INSURANCE STUDY AND FLOODWAY MAPS; AMENDING SECTION 9.603 OF THE EUGENE CODE, 1971; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. THE CITY OF EUGENE DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subsection (2) of Section 9.603 of the Eugene Code, 1971, is amended to provide: 9.603 Special Flood Hazard Areas - Applicability. (1) The provisions of sections 9.602 to 9.607 apply to all areas of special flood hazards within the jurisdiction of the city. (2) The areas of special flood hazard identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency in a scientific and engineering report entitled "The Flood Insurance Study for Lane County, Oregon and Incorporated Areas," and associated Flood Insurance Rate Maps dated June 2, 1999 are hereby adopted by reference and declared to be a part of this code, and are on file in the office of the city engineer. The city manager, or the managers designee may by administrative = order amend the June 2, 1999 Flood Insurance Rate Maps to reflect future amendments to the maps effected by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Section 2. The City Recorder, at the request of, or with the concurrence of the City Attorney, is authorized to administratively correct any reference errors contained herein or in other provisions of the Eugene Code, 1971, to the provisions added, amended or repealed herein. Section 3. That the matters contained herein concern the public health, welfare and safety and therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, and this Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its passage by the City Council and approval by the Mayor, retention by the Mayor for more than ten days, or readoption over a Mayoral veto by two-thirds of all members of the City Council. Passed by the City Council this Approved by the Mayor this 24th day of January, 2000 24th day of January, 2000 /s/ Warren G. Wong /s/ James D. Torrey Ordinance