[Added 4-10-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-26; amended 6-24-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-39]
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Editor's Note: Ordinance No. 2009-72, adopted 11-24-2009, readopted in its entirety without change Ord. No. 2008-39, which amends this article.
The flood hazard areas of the City of Vineland are subject to periodic inundation which threatens life and property, disrupts commerce, and requires expenditures for flood protection and relief. The purpose of the Flood Hazard Overlay is to control the use of land to discourage construction and fill or regrading in flood hazard areas; to prevent encroachments which would obstruct or constrict the movement of floodwaters; to prevent damage to property and loss of life; to prevent the endangerment of areas otherwise protected from flood damage; to prevent pollution of watercourses by preventing the placing or storing of unsanitary or dangerous substances in the flood hazard areas; and to support the conservation, protection and maintenance of the stream corridors within the City.
Any and all lands within the City of Vineland which are classified as a floodway, flood-fringe or one-hundred-year floodplain by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and/or by the Federal Emergency Management Administration, or as an area of special flood hazard or floodway pursuant to § 425-71, Flood damage prevention, of this chapter (the City of Vineland Land Use Ordinance), is hereby designated as the Flood Hazard Overlay Zone. The Flood Hazard Overlay Zone shall operate in conjunction with the underlying zone such that the overlay provisions, where more restrictive or imposing a higher standard, shall govern.
Land use with the Flood Hazard Overlay Zone shall be limited to the following:
A. 
Open space.
B. 
Wildlife sanctuaries, woodland preserves, and arboretums, but excluding enclosed structures.
C. 
Game farms, fish hatcheries, and fishing reserves, operated for the protection and propagation of wildlife, but excluding enclosed structures.
D. 
Hiking, bicycle and bridle trails, including bridges or other structures appurtenant thereto constructed.
E. 
Trails or pathways, including bridges or other structures appurtenant thereto constructed and/or maintained by or under the authority of the City for the purpose of providing access to public recreation areas.
F. 
Fishing areas.
G. 
Cultivation of the soil for agricultural or horticultural production, pasture and similar agricultural uses undertaken in accordance with agricultural best management practices to reduce or prevent nonpoint-source pollution.
H. 
Forestry where a plan approved by the New Jersey Bureau of Forestry is on file with the City Engineer.
I. 
A use, structure or activity that has been allowed as part of a development approved pursuant to the stream corridor design regulations, and the determination that there is no other reasonable or prudent alternative to placement of the use, structure or activity in the Flood Hazard Overlay.
Any development within the Flood Hazard Overlay Zone shall comply with § 425-71, containing flood damage prevention design standards.