In those areas of the City within or adjacent
to streams or drainageways and identified in the City of Butler "Flood
Insurance Study" prepared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency,
Flood Insurance Administration (FIA) as "Floodway," "Floodway Fringe"
or "Approximated Floodplain" Districts, the following controls shall
apply and the following requirements shall be met:
A. The boundaries of the Floodway, Floodway Fringe and
Approximated Floodplain Districts are more specifically shown on the
Flood Boundary and Floodway Map contained in the FIA study dated February
1, 1984, or any revised edition thereof.
B. The Floodway, Floodway Fringe and Approximated Floodplain
Districts are intended as overlays upon the City of Butler Zoning
Map and together constitute the one-hundred-year floodplain.
C. Where other regulations of this chapter within these
districts are more restrictive than the controls of this Article,
those regulations shall apply.
D. When a developer can demonstrate from detailed studies
prepared by a registered professional engineer that a change in the
Floodway, Floodway Fringe or Approximated Floodplain District boundary
from that shown on the Flood Boundary and Floodway Map can be justified,
Council may approve such change but only after consulting with and
securing approval from the FIA.
This Article does not imply that areas of the
City of Butler outside the Floodway, Floodway Fringe or Approximated
Floodplain Districts or land uses permitted by right or by special
exception within the districts will be free from flooding or flood
damages. This Article shall not create liability on the part of the
Zoning and Code Management Officer or any other officer or employee,
whether elected or appointed, of the City of Butler for any flood
damages that result from reliance on this Article or any administrative
decision lawfully made thereunder.