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City of Somers Point, NJ
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Part II General Legislation
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Chapter 146 Flood Damage Prevention
Chapter 146
Flood Damage Prevention
[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Somers Point
6-8-2023
by
Ord. No. 14-2023
.
[1]
Amendments noted where applicable.]
[1]
Editor's Note: This chapter also repealed former Ch. 146, Flood Damage Prevention, adopted
4-14-2022
by
Ord. No. 9-2022
.
Article I
Scope and Administration
§ 146-1.1
Title.
§ 146-1.2
Applicability.
§ 146-1.3
Purposes and objectives.
§ 146-1.4
Coordination with building codes.
§ 146-1.5
Ordinary building maintenance and minor work.
§ 146-1.6
Warning.
§ 146-1.7
Other laws.
§ 146-1.8
Violations and penalties for noncompliance.
§ 146-1.8.1
Solid waste disposal in a flood hazard area.
§ 146-1.9
Abrogation and greater restrictions.
Article II
Applicability
§ 146-2.1
General applicability.
§ 146-2.2
Establishment of flood hazard areas.
§ 146-2.3
Establishing local design flood elevation (LDFE).
Article III
Duties and Powers of Floodplain Administrator
§ 146-3.1
Floodplain Administrator designation.
§ 146-3.2
Administration; authority.
§ 146-3.3
Coordination.
§ 146-3.4
Duties.
§ 146-3.5
Use of changed technical data.
§ 146-3.6
Other permits.
§ 146-3.7
Determination of local design flood elevations.
§ 146-3.8
Requirement to submit new technical data.
§ 146-3.9
Activities in riverine flood hazard areas.
§ 146-3.10
Floodway encroachment.
§ 146-3.10.1
Floodway revisions.
§ 146-3.11
Watercourse alteration.
§ 146-3.11.1
Engineering analysis.
§ 146-3.12
Alterations in coastal areas.
§ 146-3.13
Development in riparian zones.
§ 146-3.14
Substantial improvement and substantial damage determinations.
§ 146-3.15
Department records.
§ 146-3.16
Liability.
Article IV
Permits
§ 146-4.1
Permits required.
§ 146-4.2
Application for permit.
§ 146-4.3
Validity of permit.
§ 146-4.4
Expiration.
§ 146-4.5
Suspension or revocation.
Article V
Site Plans and Construction Documents
§ 146-5.1
Information for development in flood hazard areas.
§ 146-5.2
Information in flood hazard areas without base flood elevations (approximate Zone A).
§ 146-5.3
Analyses and certifications by licensed professional engineer.
§ 146-5.4
Submission of additional data.
Article VI
Inspections
§ 146-6.1
General inspections.
§ 146-6.2
Inspections of development.
§ 146-6.3
Buildings and structures.
§ 146-6.4
Manufactured homes.
Article VII
Variances
§ 146-7.1
General.
§ 146-7.2
Historic structures.
§ 146-7.3
Functionally dependent uses.
§ 146-7.4
Restrictions in floodways.
§ 146-7.5
Considerations.
§ 146-7.6
Conditions for issuance.
Article VIII
Violations
§ 146-8.1
Violations.
§ 146-8.2
Authority.
§ 146-8.3
Unlawful continuance.
§ 146-8.4
Review period to correct violations.
Article IX
Terminology
§ 146-9.1
Word usage.
§ 146-9.2
Definitions.
Article X
Subdivisions and Other Developments
§ 146-10.1
Review of subdivision proposals.
§ 146-10.2
Subdivision requirements.
Article XI
Site Improvement
§ 146-11.1
Encroachment in floodways.
§ 146-11.1.1
Prohibited activities in floodways.
§ 146-11.2
Coastal high-hazard areas (V Zones) and Coastal A Zones.
§ 146-11.3
Sewer facilities.
§ 146-11.4
Water facilities.
§ 146-11.5
Storm drainage.
§ 146-11.6
Streets and sidewalks.
§ 146-11.7
Limitations on placement of fill.
§ 146-11.8
Limitations on sites in coastal high-hazard areas (V Zones) and Coastal A Zones.
§ 146-11.9
Hazardous materials.
Article XII
Manufactured Homes
§ 146-12.1
Installation standards.
§ 146-12.2
Elevation.
§ 146-12.3
Foundations.
§ 146-12.4
Anchoring.
§ 146-12.5
Enclosures.
§ 146-12.6
Protection of mechanical equipment and outside appliances.
Article XIII
Recreational Vehicles
§ 146-13.1
Placement prohibited.
§ 146-13.2
Temporary placement.
§ 146-13.3
Permanent placement.
Article XIV
Tanks
§ 146-14.1
Tank standards.
Article XV
Other Development and Building Work
§ 146-15.1
General requirements for other development and building work.
§ 146-15.2
Requirements for habitable buildings and structures.
§ 146-15.3
Garages and accessory storage structures.
§ 146-15.4
Fences.
§ 146-15.5
Retaining walls, sidewalks, and driveways.
§ 146-15.6
Swimming pools.
§ 146-15.7
Roads and watercourse crossings.
§ 146-15.8
Other development in coastal high-hazard areas (Zone V) and Coastal A Zones.
§ 146-15.9
Nonstructural fill in coastal high-hazard areas (Zone V) and Coastal A Zones.
Article XVI
Temporary Structures and Temporary Storage
§ 146-16.1
Temporary structures.
§ 146-16.2
Temporary storage.
§ 146-16.3
Floodway encroachment.
Article XVII
Utility and Miscellaneous Group U
§ 146-17.1
Utility and Miscellaneous Group U.
§ 146-17.2
Flood loads.
§ 146-17.3
Elevation.
§ 146-17.4
Enclosures below base flood elevation.
§ 146-17.5
Flood-damage resistant materials.
§ 146-17.6
Protection of mechanical, plumbing, and electrical systems.