The repeal of Chapter 19.32 by Ordinance No. 753 is not effective in the coastal zone. Therefore, both Chapter 15.50 and Chapter 19.32 are effective in the coastal zone. (Added during 1991 republication.)
(Ord. 94-884)
This chapter is designed to promote the public health, safety
and general welfare though the creation of a special overlay district
which provides regulations for the construction of residential and
nonresidential structures within areas of special flood hazard regardless
of the zone over which it is applied. Special flood hazard areas,
subject to periodic inundation, have been identified by the Federal
Insurance Administration in "The Flood Insurance Study for the City
of Imperial Beach" with an accompanying Flood Insurance Rate Map,
both of which are adopted by reference and declared to be part of
this Chapter.
(Ord. 601 § 1, 1983; Ord. 94-884)
A.
In
addition to those building permits and other City-granted licenses
and entitlements which may be required for the development of property
in the City, a flood hazard area development permit shall be obtained
from the City Engineer prior to the commencement of any construction
of any physical change to improved or unimproved real estate, including
but not limited to buildings, structures, mining, dredging, filling,
grading, paving, excavation or drilling operations within the areas
of special flood hazard.
B.
Prior
to the issuance of a flood hazard area development permit, a certification
by a civil engineer registered in the State of California shall be
filed with the City Engineer. Such certification shall provide reasonable
assurance that the proposed development will not:
1.
Result
in flood hazard to any residential or nonresidential structure on
the subject property;
2.
Increase
flood hazard on adjoining property; or
3.
Alter
or relocate any watercourse, unless it can be shown that the proposed
alteration or relocation will not diminish the flood-carrying capacity
of the watercourse.
(Ord. 601 § 1, 1983; Ord. 94-884)
The flood hazard certification report prepared by the developer's
engineer shall use base flood elevations provided in the most current
Flood Insurance Study for the City of Imperial Beach with accompanying
Flood Insurance Rate Maps. Where base flood elevation data is incomplete
or inadequate, the developer's engineer shall provide and the City
Engineer shall review any base elevation data available from Federal,
State or other sources.
(Ord. 601 § 1, 1983; Ord. 94-884)
Written appeals from the decision of the City Engineer with
regard to the approval or denial of a flood hazard area development
permit shall be addressed to the City Council and shall be filed with
the City Clerk within ten days of the receipt of the written decision
of the City engineer. Appeals shall set forth specifically wherein
the City Engineer's findings were in error.
(Ord. 601 § 1, 1983; Ord. 94-884, 1994)
