[Ord. No. 278, 6/20/2012]
The Legislature of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has, by
the passage of the Pennsylvania Flood Plain Management Act of 1978,
delegated the responsibility to local governmental units to adopt
floodplain management regulations to promote public health, safety,
and the general welfare of its citizenry. Therefore, the Board of
Supervisors of the Township of Amity does hereby order as follows.
[Ord. No. 278, 6/20/2012]
The intent of this chapter is to:
(a) Promote the general health, welfare, and safety of the community.
(b) Encourage the utilization of appropriate construction practices in
order to prevent or minimize flood damage in the future.
(c) Minimize danger to public health by protecting water supply and natural
drainage.
(d) Reduce financial burdens imposed on the community, its governmental
units, and its residents, by preventing excessive development in areas
subject to flooding.
(e) Comply with federal and state floodplain management requirements.
[Ord. No. 278, 6/20/2012]
It shall be unlawful for any person, partnership, business or
corporation to undertake, or cause to be undertaken, any construction
or development anywhere within an identified floodplain area within
Township of Amity unless a permit has been obtained from the floodplain
administrator.
[Ord. No. 278, 6/20/2012]
This chapter supersedes any other conflicting provisions which
may be in effect in identified floodplain areas. However, any other
ordinance provisions shall remain in full force and effect to the
extent that those provisions are more restrictive. If there is any
conflict between any of the provisions of this chapter, the more restrictive
shall apply.
[Ord. No. 278, 6/20/2012]
If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, or
phrase of this chapter shall be declared invalid for any reason whatsoever,
such a decision shall not affect the remaining portions of the chapter,
which shall remain in full force and effect, and for this purpose
the provisions of this chapter are hereby declared to be severable.
[Ord. No. 278, 6/20/2012]
The degree of flood protection sought by the provisions of this
chapter is considered reasonable for regulatory purposes and is based
on accepted engineering methods of study. Larger floods may occur
or flood heights may be increased by man-made or natural causes, such
as ice jams and bridge openings restricted by debris. This chapter
does not imply that areas outside any identified floodplain areas,
or that land uses permitted within such areas will be free from flooding
or flood damages.
This chapter shall not create liability on the part of the Township
of Amity or any officer or employee thereof for any flood damages
that result from reliance on this chapter or any administrative decision
lawfully made there under.
[Ord. No. 278, 6/20/2012]
Any other ordinance or part of ordinances conflicting with the
provisions of this chapter are hereby repealed insofar as they are
inconsistent with this chapter's provisions.