This chapter shall be known and may be referred to and cited
as the "City of Warren Floodplain Ordinance."
The intent of this chapter is to:
A.
Promote the general health, welfare, and safety of the community.
B.
Encourage the utilization of appropriate construction practices in
order to prevent or minimize flood damage in the future.
C.
Minimize danger to public health by protecting water supply and natural
drainage.
D.
Reduce financial burdens imposed on the community, its governmental
units, and its residents, by preventing excessive development in areas
subject to flooding.
E.
Comply with federal and state floodplain management requirements.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person, partnership, business or corporation
to undertake, or cause to be undertaken, any construction or development
anywhere within special flood hazard areas subject to inundation by
the one-percent-annual-chance flood within the City of Warren unless
a floodplain permit has been obtained from the Floodplain Administrator.
Additional permits may be required from the City (i.e., zoning and/or
building).
B.
A permit shall not be required for minor repairs to existing buildings
or structures.
This chapter supersedes any other conflicting provisions which
may be in effect in identified floodplain areas.
If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, or
phrase of this chapter shall be declared invalid for any reason whatsoever,
such a decision shall not affect the remaining portions of the Ordinance,
which shall remain in full force and effect, and for this purpose
the provisions of this chapter are hereby declared to be severable.
A.
The degree of flood protection sought by the provisions of this chapter
is considered reasonable for regulatory purposes and is based on accepted
engineering methods of study. Larger floods may occur or flood heights
may be increased by man-made or natural causes, such as ice jams and
bridge openings restricted by debris. This chapter does not imply
that areas outside any identified floodplain areas, or that land uses
permitted within such areas, will be free from flooding or flood damages.
B.
This chapter shall not create liability on the part of the City of
Warren or any officer or employee thereof for any flood damages that
result from reliance on this chapter or any administrative decision
lawfully made thereunder.
