[Ord. No. 02-780 Art. 4 §A, 1-14-2002]
A. No
permit for floodplain development shall be granted for new construction,
substantial improvements and other improvements, including the placement
of manufactured homes, within any unnumbered A Zone unless the conditions
of this Section are satisfied.
B. All
areas identified as unnumbered A Zones on the FHBM or FIRM are subject
to inundation of the 100-year flood; however, the base flood elevation
is not provided. Development within unnumbered A Zones is subject
to all provisions of this Chapter. If Flood Insurance Study data is
not available, the community shall obtain, review and reasonably utilize
any base flood elevation or floodway data currently available from
Federal, State or other sources.
C. All
new construction, subdivision proposals, substantial improvements,
prefabricated buildings, placement of manufactured homes and other
developments shall require:
1. Design or adequate anchorage to prevent flotation, collapse or lateral
movement of the structure resulting from hydrodynamic and hydrostatic
loads, including the effects of buoyancy;
2. Construction with materials resistant to flood damage;
3. Utilization of methods and practices that minimize flood damages;
4. All electrical, heating, ventilation, plumbing, air-conditioning
equipment and other service facilities be designed and/or located
so as to prevent water from entering or accumulating within the components
during conditions of flooding;
5. New or replacement water supply systems and/or sanitary sewage systems
be designed to minimize or eliminate infiltration of floodwaters into
the systems and discharges from the systems into floodwaters and on-site
waste disposal systems be located so as to avoid impairment or contamination;
and
6. Subdivision proposals and other proposed new development, including
manufactured home parks or subdivisions, located within special flood
hazard areas are required to assure that:
a. All such proposals are consistent with the need to minimize flood
damage;
b. All public utilities and facilities, such as sewer, gas, electrical
and water systems, are located and constructed to minimize or eliminate
flood damage;
c. Adequate drainage is provided so as to reduce exposure to flood hazards;
and
d. All proposals for development, including proposals for manufactured
home parks and subdivisions, of five (5) acres or fifty (50) lots,
whichever is lesser, include within such proposals base flood elevation
data.
D. Storage, Material And Equipment.
1. The storage or processing of materials within the special flood hazard
area that are in time of flooding buoyant, flammable, explosive or
could be injurious to human, animal or plant life is prohibited.
2. Storage of other material or equipment may be allowed if not subject
to major damage by floods, if firmly anchored to prevent flotation,
or if readily removable from the area within the time available after
a flood warning.
[Ord. No. 02-780 Art. 4 §B, 1-14-2002]
A. In all areas of special flood hazard, once base flood elevation data is obtained, as set forth in Article
IV, Section
410.140(B), the following provisions are required:
1. Residential construction. New construction or substantial
improvement of any residential structure, including manufactured homes,
shall have the lowest floor, including basement, elevated to one (1)
foot above the base flood level.
2. Non-residential construction. New construction or substantial improvement of any commercial, industrial or other non-residential structure, including manufactured homes, shall have the lowest floor, including basement, elevated to one (1) foot above the base flood level or, together with attendant utility and sanitary facilities, be floodproofed so that below the base flood level the structure is watertight with walls substantially impermeable to the passage of water and with structural components having the capability of resisting hydrostatic and hydrodynamic loads and effects of buoyancy. A registered professional engineer or architect shall certify that the standards of this subsection are satisfied. Such certification shall be provided to the Floodplain Administrator as set forth in Article
III, Section 410.120(7)(c).
3. Require for all new construction and substantial improvements that
fully enclosed areas below lowest floor used solely for parking of
vehicles, building access or storage in an area other than a basement
and that are subject to flooding shall be designed to automatically
equalize hydrostatic flood forces on exterior walls by allowing for
the entry and exit of floodwaters. Designs for meeting this requirement
must either be certified by a registered professional engineer or
architect or meet or exceed the following minimum criteria:
a. A minimum of two (2) openings having a total net area of not less
than one (1) square inch for every square foot of enclosed area subject
to flooding shall be provided; and
b. The bottom of all opening shall be no higher than one (1) foot above
grade. Openings may be equipped with screens, louvers, valves or other
coverings or devices provided that they permit the automatic entry
and exit of floodwaters.
B. In all areas of special flood hazard, once floodway data is obtained, as set forth in Article
IV, Section
410.140(B), the following provisions are required:
1. The designated floodway shall be based on the standard that the area
chosen for the floodway must be designed to carry the waters of the
base flood without increasing the water surface elevation more than
one (1) foot at any point; and
2. The community shall prohibit any encroachments, including fill, new
construction, substantial improvements and other development, within
the designated regulatory floodway unless it has been demonstrated
through hydrologic and hydraulic analyses performed in accordance
with standard engineering practice that the proposed encroachment
would not result in any increase in flood levels within the community
during the occurrence of the base flood discharge.
[Ord. No. 02-780 Art. 4 §C, 1-14-2002]
A. All
manufactured homes to be placed within special flood hazard areas
shall be required to be installed using methods and practices that
minimize flood damage. For the purposes of this requirement, manufactured
homes must be elevated and anchored to resist flotation, collapse
or lateral movement. Methods of anchoring may include, but are not
limited to, use of over-the-top or frame ties to ground anchors.
B. Require
manufactured homes that are placed or substantially improved within
unnumbered A Zones on the community's FHBM or FIRM on sites:
1. Outside of manufactured home park or subdivision;
2. In a new manufactured home park or subdivision;
3. In an expansion to an existing manufactured home park or subdivision;
or
4. In an existing manufactured home park or subdivision on which a manufactured
home has incurred substantial damage as the result of a flood be elevated
on a permanent foundation such that the lowest floor of the manufactured
home is elevated to one (1) foot above the base flood level and be
securely attached to an adequately anchored foundation system to resist
flotation, collapse and lateral movement.
C. Require that manufactured homes to be placed or substantially improved on sites in an existing manufactured home park or subdivision within unnumbered A Zones on the community's FHBM or FIRM that are not subject to the provisions of Article
IV, Section
410.160(B) above be elevated so that either:
1. The lowest floor of the manufactured home is at one (1) foot above
the base flood level; or
2. The manufactured home chassis is supported by reinforced piers or
other foundation elements of at least equivalent strength that are
no less than thirty-six (36) inches in height above grade and be securely
attached to an adequately anchored foundation system to resist flotation,
collapse and lateral movement.
[Ord. No. 02-780 Art. 4 §D, 1-14-2002]
A. Require
that recreational vehicles placed on sites within unnumbered A Zones
on the community's FHBM or FIRM either:
1. Be on the site for fewer than one hundred eighty (180) consecutive
days and be fully licensed and ready for highway use*; or
2. Meet the permitting, elevating and the anchoring requirements for
manufactured homes of this Chapter.
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*A recreational vehicle is ready for highway use if it is on
its wheels or jacking system, is attached to the site only by quick-disconnect
type utilities and security devices, and has no permanently attached
additions.
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