No development located within the special flood hazard areas
of this community may be located, extended, converted or structurally
altered without full compliance with the terms of this chapter and
other applicable regulations.
It is not intended by this chapter to repeal, abrogate or impair
any existing easements, covenants or deed restrictions. However, where
this chapter imposes greater restrictions, the provisions of this
chapter prevail. All other ordinances inconsistent with this chapter
are hereby repealed to the extent of the inconsistency only.
In their interpretation and application, the provisions of this
chapter will be held to be requirements, will be liberally construed
in favor of the governing body, and will not be deemed a limitation
or repeal of any other powers granted by State Statutes.
The degree of flood protection required by this chapter is considered
reasonable for regulatory purposes and is based on engineering and
scientific methods of study. Larger floods may occur on rare occasions
or the flood heights may be increased by man-made or natural causes.
This chapter does not imply that areas outside the floodway and flood
fringe or land uses permitted within such areas will be free from
flooding or flood damage. This chapter does not create a liability
on the part of the City of Raymore or any officer or employee thereof,
for any flood damages that may result from reliance on this chapter
or any administrative decision lawfully made under this chapter.
Located within areas of special flood hazard established in Section
460.010D are areas designated as floodways. Since the floodway is an extremely hazardous area due to the velocity of floodwaters that carry debris and potential projectiles, the following provisions apply:
A. The
community shall select and adopt a regulatory floodway based on the
principle that the area chosen for the regulatory floodway must be
designated to carry the waters of the base flood without increasing
the water surface elevation of that flood more than one (1) foot at
any point;
B. The
community shall prohibit any encroachments, including fill, new construction,
substantial improvements and other development within the adopted
regulatory floodway unless it has been demonstrated through hydrologic
and hydraulic analyses performed in accordance with standard engineering
practice that the proposed encroachment would not result in any increase
in flood levels within the community during the occurrence of the
base flood discharge;
C. If Section
460.100B is satisfied, all new construction and substantial improvements shall comply with all applicable flood hazard reduction provisions of this chapter; and
D. In unnumbered A zones, the community shall obtain, review and reasonably utilize any base flood elevation or floodway data currently available from Federal, State or other sources as set forth in Section
460.070B.
Recreational vehicles placed on sites within unnumbered A zones
on the community’s FIRM must either:
A. Be
on site for fewer than one hundred eighty (180) consecutive days;
B. Be
fully licensed and ready for highway use, meaning that it is on its
wheels or jacking system, is attached to the site only by quick-disconnect
type utilities and security devices, and has no permanently attached
additions; or
C. Meet
the permitting, elevating, and the anchoring requirements for manufactured
homes of this chapter.