Township of Mantua, NJ Floodplain Management Regulations

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Township of Mantua, NJ

Gloucester County

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Table of Contents

Part I: Administrative Legislation
Ch 1 General Provisions
Ch 7 Boards, Committees and Commissions
Ch 12 Claims Approval
Ch 17 Court, Joint Municipal
Ch 22 Emergency Medical and First Aid/Rescue
Ch 26 (Reserved)
Ch 32 Farmland Preservation Assistance Trust
Ch 38 Fire District and Board of Fire Commissioners
Ch 45 Intermunicipal Assistance
Ch 50 Length of Service Awards Program
Ch 56 Officers and Employees
Ch 63 Personnel Policies
Ch 69 Police Department
Ch 75 Public Contracts
Ch 78 Revenue and Finance, Department of
Ch 82 Salaries and Compensation
Ch 88 Tax Collector
Ch 93 Utilities Authority
Part II: General Legislation
Ch 98 Affordable Housing Development Fees
Ch 102 Alarm Systems
Ch 108 Alcoholic Beverages
Ch 114 Amusements
Ch 120 Animals
Ch 130 Buildings, Numbering of
Ch 134 Cannabis and Cannabis Products
Ch 137 Checks, Dishonored
Ch 142 Construction Codes, Uniform
Ch 143 Vehicles and Traffic
Ch 148 Contractors
Ch 154 Curfew
Ch 161 Drug-Free Zones
Ch 172 Fill
Ch 177 Firearms
Ch 182 Fire Prevention
Ch 188 Floodplain Management Regulations
Ch 188 Art I Scope and Administration
§ 188-0 Recitals; repeal of prior provisions.
§ 188-1 Title.
§ 188-2 Scope.
§ 188-3 Purposes and objectives.
§ 188-4 Coordination with building codes.
§ 188-5 Ordinary building maintenance and minor work.
§ 188-6 Warning.
§ 188-7 Other laws.
§ 188-8 Violations and penalties for noncompliance.
§ 188-8.1 Solid waste disposal in a flood hazard area.
§ 188-9 Abrogation and greater restrictions.
Ch 188 Art II Applicability
§ 188-10 General.
§ 188-11 Establishment of flood hazard areas.
§ 188-12 Establishing the local design flood elevation (LDFE).
Ch 188 Art III Duties and Powers of the Floodplain Administrator
§ 188-13 Floodplain Administrator designation.
§ 188-14 General.
§ 188-15 Coordination.
§ 188-16 Duties.
§ 188-17 Use of changed technical data.
§ 188-18 Other permits.
§ 188-19 Determination of local design flood elevations.
§ 188-20 Requirement to submit new technical data.
§ 188-21 Activities in riverine flood hazard areas.
§ 188-22 Floodway encroachment.
§ 188-22.1 Floodway revisions.
§ 188-23 Watercourse alteration.
§ 188-23.1 Engineering analysis.
§ 188-24 Alterations in coastal areas.
§ 188-25 Development in riparian zones.
§ 188-26 Substantial improvement and substantial damage determinations.
§ 188-27 Department records.
§ 188-28 Liability.
Ch 188 Art IV Permits
§ 188-29 Permits required.
§ 188-30 Application for permit.
§ 188-31 Validity of permit.
§ 188-32 Expiration.
§ 188-33 Suspension or revocation.
Ch 188 Art V Site Plans and Construction Documents
§ 188-34 Information for development in flood hazard areas.
§ 188-35 Information in flood hazard areas without base flood elevations (approximate Zone A).
§ 188-36 Analyses and certifications by a licensed professional engineer.
§ 188-37 Submission of additional data.
Ch 188 Art VI Inspections
§ 188-38 General.
§ 188-39 Inspections of development.
§ 188-40 Buildings and structures.
§ 188-41 Manufactured homes.
Ch 188 Art VII Variances
§ 188-42 General.
§ 188-43 Historic structures.
§ 188-44 Functionally dependent uses.
§ 188-45 Restrictions in floodways.
§ 188-46 Considerations.
§ 188-47 Conditions for issuance.
Ch 188 Art VIII Violations
§ 188-48 Violations.
§ 188-49 Authority.
§ 188-50 Unlawful continuance.
§ 188-51 Review period to correct violations.
Ch 188 Art IX Definitions
§ 188-52 General.
§ 188-53 Definitions.
Ch 188 Art X Subdivisions and Other Developments
§ 188-54 General.
§ 188-55 Subdivision requirements.
Ch 188 Art XI Site Improvement
§ 188-56 Encroachment in floodways.
§ 188-56.1 Prohibited in floodways.
§ 188-57 Sewer facilities.
§ 188-58 Water facilities.
§ 188-59 Storm drainage.
§ 188-60 Streets and sidewalks.
§ 188-61 Limitations on placement of fill.
§ 188-62 Hazardous materials.
Ch 188 Art XII Manufactured Homes
§ 188-63 General.
§ 188-64 Elevation.
§ 188-65 Foundations.
§ 188-66 Anchoring.
§ 188-67 Enclosures.
§ 188-68 Protection of mechanical equipment and outside appliances.
Ch 188 Art XIII Recreational Vehicles
§ 188-69 Placement prohibited.
§ 188-70 Temporary placement.
§ 188-71 Permanent placement.
Ch 188 Art XIV Tanks
§ 188-72 Tanks.
Ch 188 Art XV Other Development and Building Work
§ 188-73 General requirements for other development and building work.
§ 188-74 Requirements for habitable buildings and structures.
§ 188-75 Garages and accessory storage structures.
§ 188-76 Fences.
§ 188-77 Retaining walls, sidewalks, and driveways.
§ 188-78 Swimming pools.
§ 188-79 Roads and watercourse crossings.
Ch 188 Art XVI Temporary Structures and Temporary Storage
§ 188-80 Temporary structures.
§ 188-81 Temporary storage.
§ 188-82 Floodway encroachment.
Ch 188 Art XVII Utility and Miscellaneous Group U
§ 188-83 Utility and Miscellaneous Group U.
§ 188-84 Flood loads.
§ 188-85 Elevation.
§ 188-86 Enclosures below base flood elevation.
§ 188-87 Flood-damage-resistant materials.
§ 188-88 Protection of mechanical, plumbing, and electrical systems.
Ch 193 Food-Handling Establishments
Ch 197 Games of Chance
Ch 199 Glauconite Mining
Ch 204 Gravel Pits
Ch 210 Handbills and Posters
Ch 214 Handicapped Parking
Ch 217 Housing Standards
Ch 219 Invasive Plant Species
Ch 220 Island of Safety
Ch 225 Junkyards
Ch 230 Land Development
Ch 236 Landfill
Ch 242 Licensing
Ch 247 Littering
Ch 258 Mobile Homes and Mobile Home Parks
Ch 263 Motor Vehicle Sales
Ch 269 Noise
Ch 275 Obscene Material Display
Ch 280 Pallet Yard Operations
Ch 285 Parental Responsibility
Ch 291 Parks and Playgrounds
Ch 296 Peddling and Soliciting
Ch 300 Portable Storage Containers
Ch 302 Property Maintenance
Ch 308 Records, Public Access to
Ch 313 Recreational Vehicles and Parks
Ch 318 Rent Control
Ch 325 Sewer and Water
Ch 338 Solid Waste, Source Separation and Recycling
Ch 344 Stormwater Control
Ch 346 Stormwater Management
Ch 350 Streets and Sidewalks
Ch 359 Taxation
Ch 365 Taxicabs
Ch 375 Towing
Ch 381 Transportation Services
Ch 387 Trees
Ch 394 Vehicles, Abandoned
Ch 400 Vehicles, Motor-Propelled
Ch 411 Yard Sales
Part III: Board of Health Legislation
Ch 420 General Provisions, Board of Health
Ch 431 Fees
Ch 439 Nuisances, Public Health
Ch 446 Sewage Disposal Systems
Ch 452 Swimming Pools
Ch 459 Tattoos and Body Art
Ch 465 Tobacco and Tobacco Products
Ch 472 Weed Control
Appendix
Ch A481 Street Acceptances, Vacations and Dedications
Ch A482 Street Name Changes
Ch A483 Television Franchise
Ch A484 Water Company Franchise
Derivation Table
Ch DT Derivation Table
Disposition List
Ch DL Disposition List

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Chapter 188 Floodplain Management Regulations

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[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township of Mantua 6-12-2023 by Ord. No. O-8-2023.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]

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Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed former Ch. 188, Flood Damage Prevention, adopted 9-28-1982 by Ord. No. 9-1982 (Ch. 79 of the 1978 Code); as amended in its entirety 8-1-2016 by Ord. No. O-9-2016.