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The City Commission previously adopted the Broward Model
Flood damage Prevention Ordinance which included standards such as;
limitation on enclosed areas under elevated buildings, a requirement to require accumulation of
costs of improvements and repairs of buildings based on issued building
permits over a five (5) year period, a requirement to require buildings that
sustain repetitive flood damage over a ten (10) year period to be included in
the definition of “substantial damage”, requirements for critical
facilities, and requirements for providing hydraulically equivalent volume
in the flood hazard area for proposed fill and, pursuant to Broward County
Board of Rules and Appeals.
However after
implementing these regulation, staff has determined the accumulation of cost
of improvements and repairs of buildings based on issued building permits
over a five (5) year period may cause an unnecessary hardship on residents
trying to improve or repair their property. By limiting the accumulation of
improvement costs to only one (1) year allows for residents located in a
special flood hazard area to repair their home up to 50% of the market value
each year. Staff has contacted the State’s CRS coordinator and has confirmed
that the proposed amendment would not change or reduce the City’s current CRS
rating and therefor would not affect the 5% discount currently received by
Dania Beach residents for flood insurance premiums.
City staff recommends that the
current flood ordinance amending the requirement to accumulate the costs of
improvements and repairs of buildings located in the Special Flood Hazard
Area (SFHA) based on issued building permits from over a five (5) year period
to a one (1) year period.
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