[R.O. 2011 §400.910; Ord. No. 2006-170 §1, 12-19-2006; Ord. No. 2007-47 §27, 5-15-2007]
A.
Purpose. It is the purpose of this Section to promote the
public health, safety and general welfare by establishing requirements
to regulate development adjacent to the L-385 Levee System.
B.
Location. This Section hereby establishes the Levee Critical
Area as the area of land extending three hundred (300) feet riverward
and five hundred (500) feet landward from the centerline of the L-385
Levee Project.
C.
Regulations. Work within the Levee Critical Area must comply
with all Corps of Engineers guidelines, rules and criteria for construction
on or adjacent to Federal levees as well as other City requirements.
Information concerning these criteria is published in the "Guidance
for Work Proposed Near or Within a Federally Constructed Flood Control
Project" from the Corps of Engineers, as well as the U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers website located at http://www.nwk.usace. army.mil/local_protection/levees.html.
D.
Variations. In conjunction with approval from the Levee
District, the Director of Commuity Development may allow an applicant
to vary from the regulations of this Section in order to allow development
practices which better accommodate the sensitive nature of the Levee
Critical Area.
[Ord. No. 1671, 7-16-2019]
