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ORDINANCE NO. 1191 SERIES 1995 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 17.56.070 OF THE LOUISVILLE MUNICIPAL CODE CONCERNING THE OFFICIAL FLOODPLAIN MAP AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has or will adopt an updated flood insurance study and rate map applicable to the City of Louisville; and WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that is necessary to the immediate protection of the health and safety of the citizens to adopt such update so that the location and boundaries of the flood regulatory district within the City are properly designated and identified. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE, COLORADO: Section 1. Section 17.56.070 of the Louisville Municipal Code as adopted in Ordinance No. 1188, Series 1995, is amended to read as follows (words to be deleted are stricken through; words to be added appear in capital letters): 17.56.070 "Establishment of official maps." The location and boundaries of areas within the flood regulatory district are identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency in a scientific and engineering report entitled, "The Flood Insurance study for Louisville," dated January 1, 1973 JUNE 2, 1995, with an accompanying flood insurance rate map (FIRM) as adopted and amended from time to time, which is hereby adopted by reference and declared to be a part of this chapter. Copies of the official map are kept on file with the city engineer, the planning department and the city clerk. The boundary lines on the map shall be determined by the use of the scale appearing on the map. Where there is a conflict between the boundary lines illustrated on the map and actual field conditions, the dispute shall be settled according to section 17.56.190. Section 2. If any portion of this ordinance is held to be invalid for any reason, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council 1