A.
In accordance with the Pennsylvania Flood Plain Management Act (Act
166),[1] as amended, and the regulations adopted by the Pennsylvania
Department of Community and Economic Development as required by the
Act, any new or substantially improved structure which will be used
for the production or storage of any of the following materials or
substances or which will be used for any activity requiring the maintenance
of a supply (more than 550 gallons or other comparable volume or any
amount of radioactive substances) of any of the following materials
or substances on the premises, shall be subject to the provisions
of this section, in addition to all other applicable provisions:
(1)
Acetone.
(2)
Ammonia.
(3)
Benzene.
(4)
Calcium carbide.
(5)
Carbon disulfide.
(6)
Celluloid.
(7)
Chlorine.
(8)
Hydrochloric acid.
(9)
Hydrocyanic acid.
(10)
Magnesium.
(11)
Nitric acid and oxides of nitrogen.
(12)
Petroleum products (gasoline, fuel, oil, etc.).
(13)
Phosphorus.
(14)
Potassium.
(15)
Sodium.
(16)
Sulfur and sulfur products.
(17)
Pesticides (including insecticides, fungicides and rodenticides).
(18)
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 Floodway District (FW) any structure of the kind described in Subsection A, above, shall be prohibited.
C.
Where permitted in any Special Floodplain or Approximate Floodplain Area, any structure of the kind described in Subsection A, above, shall be:
D.
Any such structure, or part thereof, that will be built below the
regulatory flood elevation shall be designed and constructed in accordance
with the standards for completely dry floodproofing contained in the
publication "Flood Proofing Regulations" (United States Army Corps
of Engineers, June 1972), or with some other equivalent watertight
standard.
A.
Within any Floodway (FW) District, manufactured homes shall be prohibited.
B.
Within Approximate Floodplain or Special Floodplain Area, manufactured
homes shall be prohibited within the area measured 50 feet landward
from the top of bank of any watercourse.
C.
Where permitted within any floodplain area, all manufactured homes,
and any improvements thereto, shall be:
D.
Installation of manufactured homes shall be done in accordance with
the manufacturer's installation instructions as provided by the manufacturer.
Where the applicant cannot provide the above information, the requirements
of Appendix E of the 2009 International Residential Building Code
or the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development's
Permanent Foundations for Manufactured Housing, 1984 Edition, draft
or latest revision thereto, shall apply and 34 Pa. Code Chapters 401
through 405.
E.
Consideration shall be given to the installation requirements of
the 2009 IBC, and the 2009 IRC or the most recent revisions thereto,
and 34 Pa. Code, as amended, where appropriate and/or applicable to
units where the manufacturer's standards for anchoring cannot be provided
or were not established for the units(s) proposed installation.
F.
An evacuation plan indicating alternate vehicular access and escape
routes shall be filed with the appropriate Borough and/or county officials
for manufactured home parks.
Recreational vehicles in Zones A, A1-A30, AH and AE must either:
All subdivision proposals and development proposals containing
at least 50 lots or at least five acres, whichever is the lesser,
in identified floodplain areas where base flood elevation data are
not available, shall be supported by hydrologic and hydraulic engineering
analyses that determine base flood elevations and floodway information.
The analyses shall be prepared by a licensed professional engineer
in a format required by FEMA for a conditional letter of map revision
or letter of map revision. Submittal requirements and processing fees
shall be the responsibility of the applicant.
The following uses shall be specifically prohibited if located
partially or entirely within any identified floodplain area.
