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SECTION 4. This Ordinance shall take effect after second reading and publication as required by law.

DATE: _____ MAYOR MICHAEL REINA

MAYOR MICHAEL REINA

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the foregoing Ordinance was introduced and passed by the Township Council on first reading at a meeting of the Township Council of the Township of Jackson held on the 11th day of January, 2022, and will be considered for second reading and final passage at a regular meeting of the Township Council to be held on the 25th day of January, 2022, at 7:30 p.m., at the Township Municipal Building, located at 95 West Veterans Highway, Jackson, New Jersey, at which time and place any persons desiring to be heard upon the same will be given the opportunity to be so heard.

DIANE C. FESTINO, RMC

Jackson Township Clerk

ORDINANCE: 03-22

TITLE: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 210 – FLOOD DAMAGE PREVENTION; TO ADOPT A NEW CHAPTER 210 – FLOOD DAMAGE PREVENTION; TO ADOPT FLOOD HAZARD MAPS; TO DESIGNATE A FLOODPLAIN ADMINISTRATOR; AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE

PUBLIC HEARING OPENED: NO ONE CAME FORWARD.

MOTION TO CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING ON ORDINANCE 03-22 BY: KERN MOTION SECONDED BY: SAUICKIE YES: BORRELLI, CHISHOLM, SAUICKIE, KERN, FLEMMING

MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 03-22 ON SECOND READING, ADVERTISE THE NOTICE OF PASSAGE AND APPROVAL IN AN APPROVED NEWSPAPER AS REQUIRED BY LAW BY: CHISHOLM MOTION SECONDED BY: KERN YES: BORRELLI, CHISHOLM, SAUICKIE, KERN, FLEMMING

WHEREAS, the Legislature of the State of New Jersey has, in N.J.S.A. 40:48 et seq. and N.J.S.A. 40:55D et seq., conferred upon local governments the authority to adopt regulations designed to promote the public health, safety, and general welfare of its citizenry; and

WHEREAS, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has identified special flood hazard areas within the boundaries of TOWNSHIP OF JACKSON and such areas may be subject to periodic inundation which may result in loss of life and property, health and safety hazards, disruption of commerce and governmental services, extraordinary public expenditures for flood protection and relief, and impairment of the tax base, all of which adversely affect the public health, safety and general welfare, and

WHEREAS, the TOWNSHIP OF JACKSON was accepted for participation in the National Flood Insurance Program on December 29, 2006 and the TOWNSHIP COUNCIL desires to continue to meet the requirements of Title 44 Code of Federal Regulations, Sections 59, 60, 65 and 70 necessary for such participation; and

WHEREAS, the TOWNSHIP OF JACKSON is required, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 5:23 et seq., to administer and enforce the State building codes, and such building