[Ord. 2016-522, 3/22/2016]
If a proposed building site is in a flood-prone area, all new construction and substantial improvements, including manufactured homes, shall:
A. 
Be designed (or modified) and adequately anchored to prevent flotation, collapse, or lateral movement of the structure resulting from hydrodynamic and hydrostatic loads, including the effects of buoyancy.
B. 
Be constructed:
(1) 
With materials and utility equipment resistant to flood damage;
(2) 
Using methods and practices that minimize flood damage;
(3) 
With electrical, heating, ventilation, plumbing and air conditioning equipment and other service facilities that are designed and/or located so as to prevent water from entering or accumulating within the components during conditions of flooding.
[Ord. 2016-522, 3/22/2016]
If a subdivision or land development proposal or other proposed new development, including manufactured home parks or subdivisions, is in a flood-prone area, any such proposals shall be reviewed to assure that:
A. 
All such proposals are consistent with the need to minimize flood damage within the flood-prone area;
B. 
All public utilities and facilities such as sewer, gas, electrical, and water systems are located and constructed to minimize or eliminate flood damage; and
C. 
Adequate drainage is provided to reduce exposure to flood hazards.
[Ord. 2016-522, 3/22/2016]
A. 
new and replacement water supply and sanitary sewage systems shall be designed to minimize or eliminate:
(1) 
Infiltration of flood waters into the systems, and
(2) 
Discharge from the systems into flood waters.
B. 
On-site waste disposal systems shall be located to avoid impairment to them from flooding, or contamination of flood-waters during flooding.
[Ord. 2016-522, 3/22/2016]
A. 
In accordance with the Pennsylvania Flood Plain Management Act,[1] and the regulations adopted by the Department of Community and Economic Development as required by the Act, any new or substantially improved structure which:
(1) 
Will be used for the production or storage of any of the following dangerous materials or substances; or,
(2) 
Will be used for any activity requiring the maintenance of a supply of more than 550 gallons, or other comparable volume, of any of the following dangerous materials or substances on the premises; or,
(3) 
Will involve the production, storage, or use of any amount of radioactive substances;
shall be subject to the provisions of this section, in addition to all other applicable provisions. The following list of materials and substances are considered dangerous to human life:
(a) 
Acetone.
(b) 
Ammonia.
(c) 
Benzene.
(d) 
Calcium carbide.
(e) 
Carbon disulfide.
(f) 
Celluloid.
(g) 
Chlorine.
(h) 
Hydrochloric acid.
(i) 
Hydrocyanic acid.
(j) 
Magnesium.
(k) 
Nitric acid and oxides of nitrogen.
(l) 
Petroleum products (gasoline, fuel oil, etc.).
(m) 
Phosphorus.
(n) 
Potassium.
(o) 
Sodium.
(p) 
Sulphur and sulphur products.
(q) 
Pesticides (including insecticides, fungicides, and rodenticides).
(r) 
Radioactive substances, insofar as such substances are not otherwise regulated.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 32 P.S. § 679.101 et seq.
B. 
Within any identified flood-prone area, any new or substantially improved structure of the kind described in Subsection A above shall be prohibited within the area measured 50 feet landward from the top-of-bank of any watercourse.
C. 
Where permitted within any identified floodplain area, any new or substantially improved structure of the kind described in Subsection A above shall be designed to prevent pollution from the structure or activity during the course of a one-hundred-year flood.
Any such structure, or part thereof, that will be built in an identified flood-prone area shall be designed and constructed in accordance with the standards for completely dry floodproofing contained in the publication "Flood-Proofing Regulations" (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, June 1972 as amended March 1992), or with some other equivalent watertight standard.