Only those uses listed in the FPC Floodplain Conservation Overlay
District of the Township Zoning Ordinance as may be amended from time to time shall be allowed within
the identified floodplain area.
Those uses listed in the FPC Floodplain Conservation Overlay
District of the Township Zoning Ordinance as may be amended from time to time shall be prohibited
within the identified floodplain area.
Only those uses listed in the FPC Floodplain Conservation Overlay
District of the Township Zoning Ordinance as may be amended from time to time shall be allowed by
conditional use within the identified floodplain area.
The provisions of this chapter do not require any changes or improvements to be made to lawfully existing structures or uses. However, when an improvement is made to any existing structure, the provisions of §
240-17 of this chapter and Article
VII of the Township Zoning Ordinance shall apply.
The following provisions shall apply whenever any improvement
is made to an existing structure located within any Floodplain Conservation
District:
A. No expansion or enlargement of an existing structure shall be allowed
within any floodway area that would cause any increase in the elevation
of the base flood elevation.
B. No expansion or enlargement of an existing structure shall be allowed within any AE Area/District with floodway, as defined in §
240-9B, that would, together with all other existing and anticipated development, increase the BFE more than one foot at any point.
C. No expansion or enlargement of an existing structure shall be undertaken
in the direction of the streambank.
D. Any modification, alteration, reconstruction, or improvement, of
any kind to an existing structure, to an extent or amount of 50% or
more of its market value, shall constitute a substantial improvement
and shall be undertaken only in full compliance with the provisions
of this chapter.
E. Historic structures undergoing repair or rehabilitation that would
constitute a substantial improvement as defined in this chapter must
comply with all ordinance requirements that do not preclude the structure's
continued designation as an historic structure. Documentation that
a specific ordinance requirement will cause removal of the structure
from the National Register of Historic Places or the State Inventory
of Historic Places must be obtained from the Secretary of the Interior
or the State Historic Preservation Officer. Any exemption from the
ordinance requirements will be the minimum necessary to preserve the
historic character and design of the structure.
F. The above activity shall also address the requirements of the latest
adopted Pennsylvania versions of the International Building Code and
International Residential Code as amended.
G. Any modification, alteration, reconstruction, or improvement of any
kind that meets the definition of "repetitive loss" shall be undertaken
only in full compliance with the provisions of this chapter.