ORD20081283-CH14-Floodplain-Cover
AMENDED
COMMON COUNCIL - CITY OF MUSKEGO
ORDINANCE #1283
AN ORDINANCE TO REPEAL AND RECREATE CHAPTER 14
OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF MUSKEGO
(Floodplain Zoning)
The Common Council of the City of Muskego, Waukesha County, Wisconsin, do ordain
as follows:
SECTION 1: Chapter 14 is hereby repealed and recreated and made a part of the Municipal
Code of the City of Muskego as adopted by Ordinance #1283, as amended.
SECTION 2: A copy of said Ordinance has been on file in the Office of the City Clerk-
Treasurer and open to public inspection for not less than two weeks prior to the date of this
Ordinance and said Ordinance is hereby incorporated into the Municipal Code of the City.
SECTION 3: A Public Hearing was held regarding the proposed amendments on October 14,
2008 in front of the Common Council.
SECTION 4: Chapter 14 regulates Floodplain (floodway and floodfringe) development. The
ordinance text is based upon a model ordinance provided by the Department of Natural
Resources (DNR) that meets their regulations as well as FEMA’s regulations. The adoption of
this ordinance is required to be a participant in the NFIP (Nation Flood Insurance Program),
which allows flood insurance to be available to the residents of the City.
SECTION 5: The several sections of this ordinance are declared to be severable. If any
section or portion thereof shall be declared by a decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to
be invalid, unlawful, or unenforceable, such decision shall apply only to the specific section or
portion thereof directly specified in the decision, and not affect the validity of all other
provisions, sections or portion thereof of the ordinance which shall remain in full force and
effect. Any other ordinance whose terms conflict with the provisions of this ordinance are
hereby repealed as to those terms that conflict.
SECTION 6: This ordinance is in full force and effect from and after its passage and
publication. The full text of the Ordinance can be viewed at the Office of the City Clerk-
Treasurer located at W182 S8200 Racine Avenue, Muskego, WI 53150 (262-679-4100) or
online at http://www.ci.muskego.wi.us.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 28TH DAY OF OCTOBER , 2008.
CITY OF MUSKEGO
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John R. Johnson, Mayor
First Reading: 10/14/2008
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Published on the 6 day of November 2008.
ATTEST:
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Clerk Treasurer
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