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Township of Moorestown, NJ
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 83 Flood Damage Prevention
Chapter 83
Flood Damage Prevention
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council of the Township of Moorestown
12-11-1995
by
Ord. No. 1763-95
;
[1]
amended in its entirety
5-13-2024
by
Ord. No. 12-2024
.
[2]
Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Uniform construction codes — See Ch.
56
.
Penalties for Code violations — See Ch.
66
.
Soil removal — See Ch.
150
.
Subdivision of land — See Ch.
158
.
Water and sewers — See Ch.
175
.
Zoning — See Ch.
180
.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also provided for the repeal of former Ch. 83, Flood Damage Prevention, adopted 12-13-1971 as Ord. No. 688, as amended.
[2]
Editor's Note: Prior amendments include: Ord. No. 5-2006,
Ord. No. 23-2017
Article I
Scope and Administration
§ 83-1
Title.
§ 83-2
Scope.
§ 83-3
Purposes and objectives.
§ 83-4
Coordination with building codes.
§ 83-5
Ordinary building maintenance and minor work.
§ 83-6
Warning.
§ 83-7
Other laws.
§ 83-8
Violations and penalties for noncompliance.
Article II
Applicability
§ 83-9
General.
§ 83-10
Establishment of flood hazard areas.
§ 83-11
Establishing the Local Design Flood Elevation (LDFE).
Article III
Duties and Powers of the Floodplain Administrator
§ 83-12
Floodplain Administrator designation.
§ 83-13
General.
§ 83-14
Coordination.
§ 83-15
Duties.
§ 83-16
Use of changed technical data.
§ 83-17
Other permits.
§ 83-18
Determination of local design flood elevations.
§ 83-19
Requirement to submit new technical data.
§ 83-20
Activities in riverine flood hazard areas.
§ 83-21
Floodway encroachment.
§ 83-22
Watercourse alteration.
§ 83-23
Alterations in coastal areas.
§ 83-24
Development in riparian zones.
§ 83-25
Substantial improvement and substantial damage determinations.
§ 83-26
Department records.
§ 83-27
Liability.
§ 83-28
Permits required.
Article IV
Permits
§ 83-29
Application for permit.
§ 83-30
Validity of permit.
§ 83-31
Expiration.
§ 83-32
Suspension or revocation.
Article V
Site Plans and Construction Documents
§ 83-33
Information for development in flood hazard areas.
§ 83-34
Information in flood hazard areas without base flood elevations (approximate Zone A).
§ 83-35
Analyses and certifications by a licensed professional engineer.
§ 83-36
Submission of additional data.
Article VI
Inspections
§ 83-37
General.
§ 83-38
Inspections of development.
§ 83-39
Buildings and structures.
§ 83-40
Manufactured homes.
Article VII
Variances
§ 83-41
General.
§ 83-42
Historic structures.
§ 83-43
Functionally dependent uses.
§ 83-44
Restrictions in floodways.
§ 83-45
Considerations.
§ 83-46
Conditions for issuance.
Article VIII
Violations
§ 83-47
Violations.
§ 83-48
Authority.
§ 83-49
Unlawful continuance.
§ 83-50
Review period to correct violations.
Article IX
Definitions
§ 83-51
General.
§ 83-52
Definitions.
Article X
Subdivisions and Other Developments
§ 83-53
General.
§ 83-54
Subdivision requirements.
Article XI
Site Improvement
§ 83-55
Encroachment in floodways.
§ 83-56
Prohibited in floodways.
§ 83-57
Sewer facilities.
§ 83-58
Water facilities.
§ 83-59
Storm drainage.
§ 83-60
Streets and sidewalks.
§ 83-61
Limitations on placement of fill.
§ 83-62
Hazardous materials.
Article XII
Manufactured Homes
§ 83-63
General.
§ 83-64
Elevation.
§ 83-65
Foundations.
§ 83-66
Anchoring.
§ 83-67
Enclosures.
§ 83-68
Protection of mechanical equipment and outside appliances.
Article XIII
Recreational Vehicles
§ 83-69
Placement prohibited.
§ 83-70
Temporary placement.
§ 83-71
Permanent placement.
Article XIV
Tanks
§ 83-72
Tanks.
Article XV
Other Development and Building Work
§ 83-73
General requirements for other development and building work.
§ 83-74
Requirements for habitable buildings and structures.
§ 83-75
Garages and accessory storage structures.
§ 83-76
Fences.
§ 83-77
Retaining walls, sidewalks, and driveways.
§ 83-78
Swimming pools.
§ 83-79
Roads and watercourse crossings.
Article XVI
Temporary Structures and Temporary Storage
§ 83-80
Temporary structures.
§ 83-81
Temporary storage.
§ 83-82
Floodway encroachment.
Article XVII
Utility and Miscellaneous Group U
§ 83-83
Utility and Miscellaneous Group U.
§ 83-84
Flood loads.
§ 83-85
Elevation.
§ 83-86
Enclosures below base flood elevation.
§ 83-87
Flood-damage resistant materials.
§ 83-88
Protection of mechanical, plumbing, and electrical systems.