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Chapter 12 Flood Damage Prevention
Chapter 12
Flood Damage Prevention
[Amended in entirety
1-25-2023
by
Ord. No. 2022-08
. Prior history includes 1978 Code §§ 7-101 — 7-403; F.E.M.A. Regulations, Ord. No. 91-08; Ord. No. 92-14 and Ord. No. 11-05.
Article 1
Scope and Administration
§ 12-1
Title.
§ 12-2
Scope.
§ 12-3
Purposes and Objectives.
§ 12-4
Coordination with Building Codes.
§ 12-5
Ordinary Building Maintenance and Minor Work.
§ 12-6
Warning.
§ 12-7
Other Laws.
§ 12-8
Violations and Penalties for Noncompliance.
§ 12-9
Solid Waste Disposal in a Flood Hazard Area.
§ 12-10
Abrogation and Greater Restrictions.
Article 2
Applicability
§ 12-11
General.
§ 12-12
Establishment of Flood Hazard Areas.
§ 12-13
Establishing the Local Design Flood Elevation (LDFE).
Article 3
Duties and Powers of the Floodplain Administrator
§ 12-14
Floodplain Administrator Designation.
§ 12-15
General.
§ 12-16
Coordination.
§ 12-17
Duties.
§ 12-18
Use of Changed Technical Data.
§ 12-19
Other Permits.
§ 12-20
Determination of Local Design Flood Elevations.
§ 12-21
Requirement to Submit New Technical Data.
§ 12-22
Activities in Riverine Flood Hazard Areas.
§ 12-23
Floodway Encroachment.
§ 12-23.1
Floodway Revisions.
§ 12-24
Watercourse Alteration.
§ 12-24.1
Engineering Analysis.
§ 12-25
Alterations in Coastal Areas.
§ 12-26
Development in Riparian Zones.
§ 12-27
Substantial Improvement and Substantial Damage Determinations.
§ 12-28
Department Records.
§ 12-29
Liability.
Article 4
Permits
§ 12-30
Permits Required.
§ 12-31
Application for Permit.
§ 12-32
Validity of Permit.
§ 12-33
Expiration.
§ 12-34
Suspension or Revocation.
Article 5
Site Plans and Construction Documents
§ 12-35
Information for Development in Flood Hazard Areas.
§ 12-36
Information in Flood Hazard Areas Without Base Flood Elevations (Approximate Zone A).
§ 12-37
Analyses and Certifications by a Licensed Professional Engineer.
§ 12-38
Submission of Additional Data.
Article 6
Inspections
§ 12-39
General.
§ 12-40
Inspections of Development.
§ 12-41
Buildings and Structures.
§ 12-42
Manufactured Homes.
Article 7
Variances
§ 12-43
General.
§ 12-44
Historic Structures.
§ 12-45
Functionally Dependent Uses.
§ 12-46
Restrictions in Floodways.
§ 12-47
Considerations.
§ 12-48
Conditions for Issuance.
Article 8
Violations
§ 12-49
Violations.
§ 12-50
Authority.
§ 12-51
Unlawful Continuance.
§ 12-52
Review Period to Correct Violations.
Article 9
Definitions
§ 12-53
General.
§ 12-54
Definitions.
Article 10
Subdivisions and Other Developments
§ 12-55
General.
§ 12-56
Subdivision Requirements.
Article 11
Site Improvement
§ 12-57
Encroachment in Floodways.
§ 12-57.1
Prohibited in Floodways.
§ 12-58
Sewer Facilities.
§ 12-59
Water Facilities.
§ 12-60
Storm Drainage.
§ 12-61
Streets and Sidewalks.
§ 12-62
Limitations on Placement of Fill.
§ 12-63
Hazardous Materials.
Article 12
Manufactured Homes
§ 12-64
General.
§ 12-65
Elevation.
§ 12-66
Foundations.
§ 12-67
Anchoring.
§ 12-68
Enclosures.
§ 12-69
Protection of Mechanical Equipment and Outside Appliances.
Article 13
Recreational Vehicles
§ 12-70
Placement Prohibited.
§ 12-71
Temporary Placement.
§ 12-72
Permanent Placement.
Article 14
Tanks
§ 12-73
Tanks.
Article 15
Other Development and Building Work
§ 12-74
General Requirements for Other Development and Building Work.
§ 12-75
Requirements for Habitable Buildings and Structures.
§ 12-76
Garages and Accessory Storage Structures.
§ 12-77
Fences.
§ 12-78
Retaining Walls, Sidewalks, and Driveways.
§ 12-79
Swimming Pools.
§ 12-80
Roads and Watercourse Crossings.
Article 16
Temporary Structures and Temporary Storage
§ 12-81
Temporary Structures.
§ 12-82
Temporary Storage.
§ 12-83
Floodway Encroachment.
Article 17
Utility and Miscellaneous Group U
§ 12-84
Utility and Miscellaneous Group U.
§ 12-85
Flood Loads.
§ 12-86
Elevation.
§ 12-87
Enclosures Below Base Flood Elevation.
§ 12-88
Flood-Damage Resistant Materials.
§ 12-89
Protection of Mechanical, Plumbing, and Electrical Systems.