home
Home
code
Code
Code
Index
law
Laws (0)
New Laws (0)
note
Notes (1)
pubdocs
Public Documents
Public Documents
Resolutions (1)
help_center
Help
Help
About Us
ecode
ecode
search
Login
Borough of Essex Fells, NJ
chevron_right
2023-11-21
info
chevron_right
Part II: General Legislation
chevron_right
Chapter 142 Floodplain Management
Part I: Administrative Legislation
Ch 1
General Provisions
Ch 5
Boards, Committees and Commissions
Ch 10
Vehicles and Traffic
Ch 11
Checks, Signing of
Ch 16
Claims Approval
Ch 22
Court, Municipal
Ch 29
Fire Department
Ch 38
Officers and Employees
Ch 44
Personnel Policies
Ch 49
Police Department
Part II: General Legislation
Ch 66
Alarm Systems
Ch 72
Alcoholic Beverages
Ch 78
Animals
Ch 89
Buildings, Numbering of
Ch 94
Burning, Open
Ch 102
Certificates of Continuing Occupancy
Ch 103
Construction Codes, Uniform
Ch 105
Deer Hunting
Ch 109
Disorderly Persons
Ch 115
Drug-Free Zones
Ch 118
Dumpsters
Ch 125
Fees
Ch 127
Fertilizer
Ch 129
Filming
Ch 130
Firearm and Bow and Arrow Discharges
Ch 135
Fire Prevention
Ch 141
(Reserved)
Ch 142
Floodplain Management
Ch 142 Art I
Scope and Administration
§ 142-1
Title.
§ 142-2
Scope.
§ 142-3
Purposes and objectives.
§ 142-4
Coordination with building codes.
§ 142-5
Ordinary building maintenance and minor work.
§ 142-6
Warning.
§ 142-7
Other laws.
§ 142-8
Violations and penalties for noncompliance.
§ 142-9
Solid waste disposal in flood hazard area.
§ 142-10
Abrogation and greater restrictions.
Ch 142 Art II
Applicability
§ 142-11
General.
§ 142-12
Establishment of flood hazard areas.
§ 142-13
Establishing the local design flood elevation (LDFE).
Ch 142 Art III
Duties and Powers of Floodplain Administrator
§ 142-14
Floodplain Administrator designation.
§ 142-15
General.
§ 142-16
Coordination.
§ 142-17
Duties.
§ 142-18
Use of changed technical data.
§ 142-19
Other permits.
§ 142-20
Determination of local design flood elevations.
§ 142-21
Requirement to submit new technical data.
§ 142-22
Activities in riverine flood hazard areas.
§ 142-23
Floodway encroachment.
§ 142-24
Floodway revisions.
§ 142-25
Watercourse alteration.
§ 142-26
Engineering analysis.
§ 142-27
Alterations in coastal areas.
§ 142-28
Development in riparian zones.
§ 142-29
Substantial improvement and substantial damage determinations.
§ 142-30
Department records.
§ 142-31
Liability.
Ch 142 Art IV
Permits
§ 142-32
Permits required.
§ 142-33
Application for permit.
§ 142-34
Validity of permit.
§ 142-35
Expiration.
§ 142-36
Suspension or revocation.
Ch 142 Art V
Site Plans and Construction Documents
§ 142-37
Information for development in flood hazard areas.
§ 142-38
Information in flood hazard areas without base flood elevations (approximate Zone A).
§ 142-39
Analyses and certifications by licensed professional engineer.
§ 142-40
Submission of additional data.
Ch 142 Art VI
Inspections
§ 142-41
General.
§ 142-42
Inspections of development.
§ 142-43
Buildings and structures.
§ 142-44
Manufactured homes.
Ch 142 Art VII
Variances
§ 142-45
General.
§ 142-46
Historic structures.
§ 142-47
Functionally dependent uses.
§ 142-48
Restrictions in floodways.
§ 142-49
Considerations.
§ 142-50
Conditions for issuance.
Ch 142 Art VIII
Violations
§ 142-51
Violations.
§ 142-52
Authority.
§ 142-53
Unlawful continuance.
§ 142-54
Review period to correct violations.
Ch 142 Art IX
Definitions
§ 142-55
General.
§ 142-56
Definitions.
Ch 142 Art X
Subdivisions and Other Developments
§ 142-57
General.
§ 142-58
Subdivision requirements.
Ch 142 Art XI
Site Improvement
§ 142-59
Encroachment in floodways.
§ 142-60
Prohibited in floodways.
§ 142-61
Sewer facilities.
§ 142-62
Water facilities.
§ 142-63
Storm drainage.
§ 142-64
Streets and sidewalks.
§ 142-65
Limitations on placement of fill.
§ 142-66
Hazardous materials.
Ch 142 Art XII
Manufactured Homes
§ 142-67
General.
§ 142-68
Elevation.
§ 142-69
Foundations.
§ 142-70
Anchoring.
§ 142-71
Enclosures.
§ 142-72
Protection of mechanical equipment and outside appliances.
Ch 142 Art XIII
Recreational Vehicles
§ 142-73
Placement prohibited.
§ 142-74
Temporary placement.
§ 142-75
Permanent placement.
Ch 142 Art XIV
Tanks
§ 142-76
Tanks.
Ch 142 Art XV
Other Development and Building Work
§ 142-77
General requirements for other development and building work.
§ 142-78
Requirements for habitable buildings and structures.
§ 142-79
Garages and accessory storage structures.
§ 142-80
Fences.
§ 142-81
Retaining walls, sidewalks, and driveways.
§ 142-82
Swimming pools.
§ 142-83
Roads and watercourse crossings.
Ch 142 Art XVI
Temporary Structures and Temporary Storage
§ 142-84
Temporary structures.
§ 142-85
Temporary storage.
§ 142-86
Floodway encroachment.
Ch 142 Art XVII
Utility and Miscellaneous Group U
§ 142-87
Utility and miscellaneous Group U.
§ 142-88
Flood loads.
§ 142-89
Elevation.
§ 142-90
Enclosures below base flood elevation.
§ 142-91
Flood-damage-resistant materials.
§ 142-92
Protection of mechanical, plumbing, and electrical systems.
Ch 152
Food Establishments
Ch 154
Garage Sales
Ch 155
Generators
Ch 156
Grading
Ch 158
Hazardous Substances
Ch 163
(Reserved)
Ch 170
Land Development
Ch 172
Landscaping and Tree Removal Registration
Ch 176
Littering
Ch 178
Lot Surface Drainage
Ch 185
Noise
Ch 194
Parks and Recreation Areas
Ch 200
Peddling and Soliciting
Ch 204
Portable Storage Units
Ch 205
Property, Abandoned
Ch 206
Property Maintenance
Ch 209
Records, Public Access to
Ch 215
Sanitation
Ch 221
Sewer Charges
Ch 223
Short-Term Rentals
Ch 225
Smoking
Ch 228
Soil Removal and Relocation
Ch 232
Solid Waste
Ch 237
Stormwater Control
Ch 241
Stormwater Management
Ch 247
Streets and Sidewalks
Ch 250
Street Vacations
Ch 252
Swimming Pools
Ch 257
Taxation
Ch 264
Trailers, Campers and Boats
Ch 269
Trees
Ch 281
Water Emergencies
Ch 286
Water System
Appendix
Ch A295
Cable Television Franchise
Derivation Table
Ch DT
Derivation Table
Disposition List
Ch DL
Disposition List
arrow_back
print
Print
email
Email
download
Download
share
Share
add_alert
Get Updates
arrow_forward
Chapter 142
Floodplain Management
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Essex Fells
6-20-2023
by
Ord. No. 2023-1079
.
[1]
Amendments noted where applicable.]
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance provided an effective date of 7-17-2023.
Article I
Scope and Administration
chevron_right
§ 142-1
Title.
chevron_right
§ 142-2
Scope.
chevron_right
§ 142-3
Purposes and objectives.
chevron_right
§ 142-4
Coordination with building codes.
chevron_right
§ 142-5
Ordinary building maintenance and minor work.
chevron_right
§ 142-6
Warning.
chevron_right
§ 142-7
Other laws.
chevron_right
§ 142-8
Violations and penalties for noncompliance.
chevron_right
§ 142-9
Solid waste disposal in flood hazard area.
chevron_right
§ 142-10
Abrogation and greater restrictions.
chevron_right
Article II
Applicability
chevron_right
§ 142-11
General.
chevron_right
§ 142-12
Establishment of flood hazard areas.
chevron_right
§ 142-13
Establishing the local design flood elevation (LDFE).
chevron_right
Article III
Duties and Powers of Floodplain Administrator
chevron_right
§ 142-14
Floodplain Administrator designation.
chevron_right
§ 142-15
General.
chevron_right
§ 142-16
Coordination.
chevron_right
§ 142-17
Duties.
chevron_right
§ 142-18
Use of changed technical data.
chevron_right
§ 142-19
Other permits.
chevron_right
§ 142-20
Determination of local design flood elevations.
chevron_right
§ 142-21
Requirement to submit new technical data.
chevron_right
§ 142-22
Activities in riverine flood hazard areas.
chevron_right
§ 142-23
Floodway encroachment.
chevron_right
§ 142-24
Floodway revisions.
chevron_right
§ 142-25
Watercourse alteration.
chevron_right
§ 142-26
Engineering analysis.
chevron_right
§ 142-27
Alterations in coastal areas.
chevron_right
§ 142-28
Development in riparian zones.
chevron_right
§ 142-29
Substantial improvement and substantial damage determinations.
chevron_right
§ 142-30
Department records.
chevron_right
§ 142-31
Liability.
chevron_right
Article IV
Permits
chevron_right
§ 142-32
Permits required.
chevron_right
§ 142-33
Application for permit.
chevron_right
§ 142-34
Validity of permit.
chevron_right
§ 142-35
Expiration.
chevron_right
§ 142-36
Suspension or revocation.
chevron_right
Article V
Site Plans and Construction Documents
chevron_right
§ 142-37
Information for development in flood hazard areas.
chevron_right
§ 142-38
Information in flood hazard areas without base flood elevations (approximate Zone A).
chevron_right
§ 142-39
Analyses and certifications by licensed professional engineer.
chevron_right
§ 142-40
Submission of additional data.
chevron_right
Article VI
Inspections
chevron_right
§ 142-41
General.
chevron_right
§ 142-42
Inspections of development.
chevron_right
§ 142-43
Buildings and structures.
chevron_right
§ 142-44
Manufactured homes.
chevron_right
Article VII
Variances
chevron_right
§ 142-45
General.
chevron_right
§ 142-46
Historic structures.
chevron_right
§ 142-47
Functionally dependent uses.
chevron_right
§ 142-48
Restrictions in floodways.
chevron_right
§ 142-49
Considerations.
chevron_right
§ 142-50
Conditions for issuance.
chevron_right
Article VIII
Violations
chevron_right
§ 142-51
Violations.
chevron_right
§ 142-52
Authority.
chevron_right
§ 142-53
Unlawful continuance.
chevron_right
§ 142-54
Review period to correct violations.
chevron_right
Article IX
Definitions
chevron_right
§ 142-55
General.
chevron_right
§ 142-56
Definitions.
chevron_right
Article X
Subdivisions and Other Developments
chevron_right
§ 142-57
General.
chevron_right
§ 142-58
Subdivision requirements.
chevron_right
Article XI
Site Improvement
chevron_right
§ 142-59
Encroachment in floodways.
chevron_right
§ 142-60
Prohibited in floodways.
chevron_right
§ 142-61
Sewer facilities.
chevron_right
§ 142-62
Water facilities.
chevron_right
§ 142-63
Storm drainage.
chevron_right
§ 142-64
Streets and sidewalks.
chevron_right
§ 142-65
Limitations on placement of fill.
chevron_right
§ 142-66
Hazardous materials.
chevron_right
Article XII
Manufactured Homes
chevron_right
§ 142-67
General.
chevron_right
§ 142-68
Elevation.
chevron_right
§ 142-69
Foundations.
chevron_right
§ 142-70
Anchoring.
chevron_right
§ 142-71
Enclosures.
chevron_right
§ 142-72
Protection of mechanical equipment and outside appliances.
chevron_right
Article XIII
Recreational Vehicles
chevron_right
§ 142-73
Placement prohibited.
chevron_right
§ 142-74
Temporary placement.
chevron_right
§ 142-75
Permanent placement.
chevron_right
Article XIV
Tanks
chevron_right
§ 142-76
Tanks.
chevron_right
Article XV
Other Development and Building Work
chevron_right
§ 142-77
General requirements for other development and building work.
chevron_right
§ 142-78
Requirements for habitable buildings and structures.
chevron_right
§ 142-79
Garages and accessory storage structures.
chevron_right
§ 142-80
Fences.
chevron_right
§ 142-81
Retaining walls, sidewalks, and driveways.
chevron_right
§ 142-82
Swimming pools.
chevron_right
§ 142-83
Roads and watercourse crossings.
chevron_right
Article XVI
Temporary Structures and Temporary Storage
chevron_right
§ 142-84
Temporary structures.
chevron_right
§ 142-85
Temporary storage.
chevron_right
§ 142-86
Floodway encroachment.
chevron_right
Article XVII
Utility and Miscellaneous Group U
chevron_right
§ 142-87
Utility and miscellaneous Group U.
chevron_right
§ 142-88
Flood loads.
chevron_right
§ 142-89
Elevation.
chevron_right
§ 142-90
Enclosures below base flood elevation.
chevron_right
§ 142-91
Flood-damage-resistant materials.
chevron_right
§ 142-92
Protection of mechanical, plumbing, and electrical systems.
chevron_right