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Borough of South Plainfield, NJ
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2024-07-08
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Part II General Legislation
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Chapter 247 Floodplain Management
Administrative Legislation
Ch 1
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Ch 5
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Ch 11
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Ch 17
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Ch 22
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Ch 28
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Ch 46
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Ch 73
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Ch 78
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Ch 84
Police Department
Ch 90
Public Works Department
Ch 96
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Ch 101
Seal
Ch 107
Sewerage Authority
Ch 112
Swimming Pool Utility
Ch 118
Volunteer Municipal Positions
General Legislation
Ch 125
(Reserved)
Ch 131
Alarm Systems
Ch 136
Alcoholic Beverages
Ch 141
Amusements
Ch 146
Animals
Ch 152
Background Checks
Ch 160
(Reserved)
Ch 163
Bicycles
Ch 168
Bingo and Raffles
Ch 172
Business and Rental Insurance Certificate Registry
Ch 175
Cannabis Transfer Tax and User Tax
Ch 181
Charitable Clothing Bins
Ch 186
Cigarettes and Tobacco Products
Ch 187
Vehicles and Traffic
Ch 196
Curfew
Ch 204
Drug-Free Zones
Ch 210
Emergency Management
Ch 216
Fees
Ch 218
Fiber Optic Cable
Ch 220
Firearms
Ch 225
Fire Insurance Claims
Ch 230
Fire Prevention
Ch 241
Fireworks
Ch 247
Floodplain Management
Ch 247 Art I
Scope and Administration
§ 247-1.1
Title.
§ 247-1.2
Scope.
§ 247-1.3
Purposes and objectives.
§ 247-1.4
Coordination with building codes.
§ 247-1.5
Ordinary building maintenance and minor work.
§ 247-1.6
Warning.
§ 247-1.7
Other laws.
§ 247-1.8
Violations and penalties for noncompliance.
§ 247-1.9
Solid waste disposal in a flood hazard area.
§ 247-1.10
Abrogation and greater restrictions.
Ch 247 Art II
Applicability
§ 247-2.1
General.
§ 247-2.2
Establishment of flood hazard areas.
§ 247-2.3
Establishing the local design flood elevation (LDFE).
Ch 247 Art III
Duties and Powers of the Floodplain Administrator
§ 247-3.1
Floodplain Administrator designation.
§ 247-3.2
General.
§ 247-3.3
Coordination.
§ 247-3.4
Duties.
§ 247-3.5
Use of changed technical data.
§ 247-3.6
Other permits.
§ 247-3.7
Determination of local design flood elevations.
§ 247-3.8
Requirement to submit new technical data.
§ 247-3.9
Activities in riverine flood hazard areas.
§ 247-3.10
Floodway encroachment.
§ 247-3.11
Floodway revisions.
§ 247-3.12
Watercourse alteration.
§ 247-3.13
Engineering analysis.
§ 247-3.14
Alterations in coastal areas.
§ 247-3.15
Development in riparian zones.
§ 247-3.16
Substantial improvement and substantial damage determinations.
§ 247-3.17
Department records.
§ 247-3.18
Liability.
Ch 247 Art IV
Permits
§ 247-4.1
Permits required.
§ 247-4.2
Application for permit.
§ 247-4.3
Validity of permit.
§ 247-4.4
Expiration.
§ 247-4.5
Suspension or revocation.
Ch 247 Art V
Site Plans and Construction Documents
§ 247-5.1
Information for development in flood hazard areas.
§ 247-5.2
Information in flood hazard areas without base flood elevations (approximate Zone A).
§ 247-5.3
Analyses and certifications by a licensed professional engineer.
§ 247-5.4
Submission of additional data.
Ch 247 Art VI
Inspections
§ 247-6.1
General.
§ 247-6.2
Inspections of development.
§ 247-6.3
Buildings and structures.
§ 247-6.4
Manufactured homes.
Ch 247 Art VII
Variances
§ 247-7.1
General.
§ 247-7.2
Historic structures.
§ 247-7.3
Functionally dependent uses.
§ 247-7.4
Restrictions in floodways.
§ 247-7.5
Considerations.
§ 247-7.6
Conditions for issuance.
Ch 247 Art VIII
Violations
§ 247-8.1
Violations.
§ 247-8.2
Authority.
§ 247-8.3
Unlawful continuance.
§ 247-8.4
Review period to correct violations.
Ch 247 Art IX
Definitions
§ 247-9.1
General.
§ 247-9.2
Definitions.
Ch 247 Art X
Subdivisions and Other Developments
§ 247-10.1
General.
§ 247-10.2
Subdivision requirements.
Ch 247 Art XI
Site Improvement
§ 247-11.1
Encroachment in floodways.
§ 247-11.2
Prohibited in floodways.
§ 247-11.3
Sewer facilities.
§ 247-11.4
Water facilities.
§ 247-11.5
Storm drainage.
§ 247-11.6
Streets and sidewalks.
§ 247-11.7
Limitations on placement of fill.
§ 247-11.8
Hazardous materials.
Ch 247 Art XII
Manufactured Homes
§ 247-12.1
General.
§ 247-12.2
Elevation.
§ 247-12.3
Foundations.
§ 247-12.4
Anchoring.
§ 247-12.5
Enclosures.
§ 247-12.6
Protection of mechanical equipment and outside appliances.
Ch 247 Art XIII
Recreational Vehicles
§ 247-13.1
Placement prohibited.
§ 247-13.2
Temporary placement.
§ 247-13.3
Permanent placement.
Ch 247 Art XIV
Tanks
§ 247-14.1
Tanks.
Ch 247 Art XV
Other Development and Building Work
§ 247-15.1
General requirements for other development and building work.
§ 247-15.2
Requirements for habitable buildings and structures.
§ 247-15.3
Garages and accessory storage structures.
§ 247-15.4
Fences.
§ 247-15.5
Retaining walls, sidewalks, and driveways.
§ 247-15.6
Swimming pools.
§ 247-15.7
Roads and watercourse crossings.
Ch 247 Art XVI
Temporary Structures and Temporary Storage
§ 247-16.1
Temporary structures.
§ 247-16.2
Temporary storage.
§ 247-16.3
Floodway encroachment.
Ch 247 Art XVII
Utility and Miscellaneous Group U
§ 247-17.1
Utility and Miscellaneous Group U.
§ 247-17.2
Flood loads.
§ 247-17.3
Elevation.
§ 247-17.4
Enclosures below base flood elevation.
§ 247-17.5
Flood-damage-resistant materials.
§ 247-17.6
Protection of mechanical, plumbing, and electrical systems.
Ch 259
(Reserved)
Ch 265
Hazardous Materials Cleanup
Ch 272
Junkyards
Ch 278
Laundromats
Ch 283
Library
Ch 288
Littering and Handbills
Ch 293
Locksmiths
Ch 296
Motels and Hotels
Ch 300
Noise
Ch 305
Obscene Materials
Ch 311
(Reserved)
Ch 317
Parks and Recreation Areas
Ch 322
Peace and Good Order
Ch 327
Peddling and Soliciting
Ch 332
Planting, Growing and Containment of Bamboo
Ch 333
Property Maintenance
Ch 334
Property, Residential
Ch 335
Property, Unsafe
Ch 342
Sales, Special
Ch 347
School Enrollment
Ch 350
Use of Senior Center
Ch 352
Sewers
Ch 357
Shopping Carts
Ch 362
Shopping Mall Security
Ch 367
Skateboards
Ch 373
Smoking
Ch 383
Soil Moving
Ch 389
Solid Waste
Ch 394
Spray Paint Sales and Use
Ch 399
Stormwater Control
Ch 403
Stormwater Management
Ch 409
Streets and Sidewalks
Ch 415
Swimming Pools
Ch 421
Taxation
Ch 426
Taxicabs and Limousines
Ch 434
Towing
Ch 439
Trailers and Storage Containers
Ch 444
Trees
Ch 449
Utility Poles and Underground Facilities
Ch 455
(Reserved)
Ch 457
Vehicles, Sale of
Ch 462
Vending Machines
Ch 467
Wetlands
Appendix
Ch A470
Cable Television Franchise
Derivation Table
Ch DT
Derivation Table
Disposition List
Ch DL
Disposition List
Land Use and Development
Ch 500
General Provisions
Ch 504
Affordable Housing
Ch 507
Buildings, Unsafe
Ch 510
Construction Codes, Uniform
Ch 515
Development Review
Ch 519
Escrow Accounts for Professional Services
Ch 531
Redevelopment Plans
Ch 540
Zoning
Land Use Disposition List
Ch LDL
Disposition List
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Chapter 247
Floodplain Management
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of South Plainfield
7-11-2022
by
Ord. No. 2236
.
[1]
Amendments noted where applicable.]
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed former Ch. 247, Flood Damage Prevention, adopted 1-31-1991 by Ord. No. 1226 (Ch. 106 of the 1982 Code), as amended.
Article I
Scope and Administration
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§ 247-1.1
Title.
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§ 247-1.2
Scope.
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§ 247-1.3
Purposes and objectives.
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§ 247-1.4
Coordination with building codes.
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§ 247-1.5
Ordinary building maintenance and minor work.
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§ 247-1.6
Warning.
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§ 247-1.7
Other laws.
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§ 247-1.8
Violations and penalties for noncompliance.
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§ 247-1.9
Solid waste disposal in a flood hazard area.
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§ 247-1.10
Abrogation and greater restrictions.
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Article II
Applicability
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§ 247-2.1
General.
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§ 247-2.2
Establishment of flood hazard areas.
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§ 247-2.3
Establishing the local design flood elevation (LDFE).
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Article III
Duties and Powers of the Floodplain Administrator
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§ 247-3.1
Floodplain Administrator designation.
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§ 247-3.2
General.
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§ 247-3.3
Coordination.
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§ 247-3.4
Duties.
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§ 247-3.5
Use of changed technical data.
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§ 247-3.6
Other permits.
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§ 247-3.7
Determination of local design flood elevations.
chevron_right
§ 247-3.8
Requirement to submit new technical data.
chevron_right
§ 247-3.9
Activities in riverine flood hazard areas.
chevron_right
§ 247-3.10
Floodway encroachment.
chevron_right
§ 247-3.11
Floodway revisions.
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§ 247-3.12
Watercourse alteration.
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§ 247-3.13
Engineering analysis.
chevron_right
§ 247-3.14
Alterations in coastal areas.
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§ 247-3.15
Development in riparian zones.
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§ 247-3.16
Substantial improvement and substantial damage determinations.
chevron_right
§ 247-3.17
Department records.
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§ 247-3.18
Liability.
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Article IV
Permits
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§ 247-4.1
Permits required.
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§ 247-4.2
Application for permit.
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§ 247-4.3
Validity of permit.
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§ 247-4.4
Expiration.
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§ 247-4.5
Suspension or revocation.
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Article V
Site Plans and Construction Documents
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§ 247-5.1
Information for development in flood hazard areas.
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§ 247-5.2
Information in flood hazard areas without base flood elevations (approximate Zone A).
chevron_right
§ 247-5.3
Analyses and certifications by a licensed professional engineer.
chevron_right
§ 247-5.4
Submission of additional data.
chevron_right
Article VI
Inspections
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§ 247-6.1
General.
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§ 247-6.2
Inspections of development.
chevron_right
§ 247-6.3
Buildings and structures.
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§ 247-6.4
Manufactured homes.
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Article VII
Variances
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§ 247-7.1
General.
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§ 247-7.2
Historic structures.
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§ 247-7.3
Functionally dependent uses.
chevron_right
§ 247-7.4
Restrictions in floodways.
chevron_right
§ 247-7.5
Considerations.
chevron_right
§ 247-7.6
Conditions for issuance.
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Article VIII
Violations
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§ 247-8.1
Violations.
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§ 247-8.2
Authority.
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§ 247-8.3
Unlawful continuance.
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§ 247-8.4
Review period to correct violations.
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Article IX
Definitions
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§ 247-9.1
General.
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§ 247-9.2
Definitions.
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Article X
Subdivisions and Other Developments
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§ 247-10.1
General.
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§ 247-10.2
Subdivision requirements.
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Article XI
Site Improvement
chevron_right
§ 247-11.1
Encroachment in floodways.
chevron_right
§ 247-11.2
Prohibited in floodways.
chevron_right
§ 247-11.3
Sewer facilities.
chevron_right
§ 247-11.4
Water facilities.
chevron_right
§ 247-11.5
Storm drainage.
chevron_right
§ 247-11.6
Streets and sidewalks.
chevron_right
§ 247-11.7
Limitations on placement of fill.
chevron_right
§ 247-11.8
Hazardous materials.
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Article XII
Manufactured Homes
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§ 247-12.1
General.
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§ 247-12.2
Elevation.
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§ 247-12.3
Foundations.
chevron_right
§ 247-12.4
Anchoring.
chevron_right
§ 247-12.5
Enclosures.
chevron_right
§ 247-12.6
Protection of mechanical equipment and outside appliances.
chevron_right
Article XIII
Recreational Vehicles
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§ 247-13.1
Placement prohibited.
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§ 247-13.2
Temporary placement.
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§ 247-13.3
Permanent placement.
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Article XIV
Tanks
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§ 247-14.1
Tanks.
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Article XV
Other Development and Building Work
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§ 247-15.1
General requirements for other development and building work.
chevron_right
§ 247-15.2
Requirements for habitable buildings and structures.
chevron_right
§ 247-15.3
Garages and accessory storage structures.
chevron_right
§ 247-15.4
Fences.
chevron_right
§ 247-15.5
Retaining walls, sidewalks, and driveways.
chevron_right
§ 247-15.6
Swimming pools.
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§ 247-15.7
Roads and watercourse crossings.
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Article XVI
Temporary Structures and Temporary Storage
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§ 247-16.1
Temporary structures.
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§ 247-16.2
Temporary storage.
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§ 247-16.3
Floodway encroachment.
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Article XVII
Utility and Miscellaneous Group U
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§ 247-17.1
Utility and Miscellaneous Group U.
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§ 247-17.2
Flood loads.
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§ 247-17.3
Elevation.
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§ 247-17.4
Enclosures below base flood elevation.
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§ 247-17.5
Flood-damage-resistant materials.
chevron_right
§ 247-17.6
Protection of mechanical, plumbing, and electrical systems.
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