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An Ordinance Of The City Of Hollywood, Florida, Amending Chapter 150 Of The Code Of Ordinances Entitled "Beach And Shoreline Protection; Retaining Walls" To Establish Tidal Flood Protection Regulations, And Creating Section 150.30 To Establish Construction And Infrastructure Standards For Seawalls And Tidal Flooding Barriers That Account For Projected Sea Level Rise.
Strategic Plan Focus
Resilience & Sustainability
Body
Staff Recommends: Approval of the attached Ordinance.
Explanation:
After first reading, on January 20th, the proposed regulations were presented to the Marine Advisory Board. The Board inquired similarly to the Commission and understood the intent of the Broward County's requirement. The Board asked to be kept abreast of this in the future.
Broward County adopted a Policy and companion Model Ordinance to address the effects of coastal flooding by establishing a unified approach for 17 municipalities having tidally influenced waterways. The Model Ordinance was the result of the Flood Risk Management Study (Taylor Engineering, 2018) which included study areas in the Cities of Fort Lauderdale and Hollywood. The Study's main goal, among others, was to establish a minimum elevation (vertical height) for tidal flood barriers within the entire County.
In general a tidal flood barrier (TFB) is an impermeable water barrier (structure or shoreline) feature designed to impede surface tidal flooding including, but not limited to, banks, berms, green-grey infrastructure, seawalls, seawall caps, upland stem walls, or other infrastructure (see Ordinance).
Broward County's new regional resilience standard, Policy 2.21.7, was also enacted to ensure the effectiveness of improvements that are "necessary to mitigate high tide flooding associated" with current and future sea level rise through the year 2070.
These new standards apply to all property along tidally influenced waterways within Broward County, and the Policy requires all impacted...
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