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Chapter 86 Flood Damage Prevention
Chapter 86
Flood Damage Prevention
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council of the Township of Little Falls
12-16-2024
by
Ord. No. 1506
.
[1]
Amendments noted where applicable.]
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed former Ch. 86, Flood Damage Prevention, adopted
10-15-2007
by
Ord. No. 1029
, as amended.
Article I
Scope and Administration
§ 86-1
Title.
§ 86-2
Scope.
§ 86-3
Purposes and objectives.
§ 86-4
Coordination with building codes.
§ 86-5
Ordinary building maintenance and minor work.
§ 86-6
Warning.
§ 86-7
Other laws.
§ 86-8
Violations and penalties for noncompliance.
§ 86-9
Abrogation and greater restrictions.
Article II
Applicability
§ 86-10
General.
§ 86-11
Establishment of flood hazard areas.
§ 86-12
Establishing the local design flood elevation (LDFE).
Article III
Duties and Powers of the Floodplain Administrator
§ 86-13
Floodplain Administrator designation.
§ 86-14
General.
§ 86-15
Coordination.
§ 86-16
Duties.
§ 86-17
Use of changed technical data.
§ 86-18
Other permits.
§ 86-19
Determination of local design flood elevations.
§ 86-20
Requirement to submit new technical data.
§ 86-21
Activities in riverine flood hazard areas.
§ 86-22
Floodway encroachment.
§ 86-22.1
Floodway revisions.
§ 86-23
Watercourse alteration.
§ 86-23.1
Engineering analysis.
§ 86-24
Alterations in coastal areas.
§ 86-25
Development in riparian zones.
§ 86-26
Substantial improvement and substantial damage determinations.
§ 86-27
Department records.
§ 86-28
Liability.
Article IV
Permits
§ 86-29
Permits required.
§ 86-30
Application for permit.
§ 86-31
Validity of permit.
§ 86-32
Expiration.
§ 86-33
Suspension or revocation.
Article V
Site Plans and Construction Documents
§ 86-34
Information for development in flood hazard areas.
§ 86-35
Information in flood hazard areas without base flood elevations (approximate Zone A).
§ 86-36
Analyses and certifications by a licensed professional engineer.
§ 86-37
Submission of additional data.
Article VI
Inspections
§ 86-38
General.
§ 86-39
Inspections of development.
§ 86-40
Buildings and structures.
§ 86-41
Manufactured homes.
Article VII
Variances
§ 86-42
General.
§ 86-43
Historic structures.
§ 86-44
Functionally dependent uses.
§ 86-45
Restrictions in floodways.
§ 86-46
Considerations.
§ 86-47
Conditions for issuance.
Article VIII
Violations
§ 86-48
Violations.
§ 86-49
Authority.
§ 86-50
Unlawful continuance.
§ 86-51
Review period to correct violations.
Article IX
Definitions
§ 86-52
General.
§ 86-53
Definitions.
Article X
Subdivisions and Other Developments
§ 86-54
General.
§ 86-55
Subdivision requirements.
Article XI
Site Improvement
§ 86-56
Encroachment in floodways.
§ 86-56.1
Prohibited in floodways.
§ 86-57
Sewer facilities.
§ 86-58
Water facilities.
§ 86-59
Storm drainage.
§ 86-60
Streets and sidewalks.
§ 86-61
Limitations on placement of fill.
§ 86-62
Hazardous materials.
Article XII
Manufactured Homes
§ 86-63
General.
§ 86-64
Elevation.
§ 86-65
Foundations.
§ 86-66
Anchoring.
§ 86-67
Enclosures.
§ 86-68
Protection of mechanical equipment and outside appliances.
Article XIII
Recreational Vehicles
§ 86-69
Placement prohibited.
§ 86-70
Temporary placement.
§ 86-71
Permanent placement.
Article XIV
Tanks
§ 86-72
Tanks.
Article XV
Other Development and Building Work
§ 86-73
General requirements for other development and building work.
§ 86-74
Requirements for habitable buildings and structures.
§ 86-75
Garages and accessory storage structures.
§ 86-76
Fences.
§ 86-77
Retaining walls, sidewalks, and driveways.
§ 86-78
Swimming pools.
§ 86-79
Roads and watercourse crossings.
Article XVI
Temporary Structures and Temporary Storage
§ 86-80
Temporary structures.
§ 86-81
Temporary storage.
§ 86-82
Floodway encroachment.
Article XVII
Utility and Miscellaneous Group U
§ 86-83
Utility and Miscellaneous Group U.
§ 86-84
Flood loads.
§ 86-85
Elevation.
§ 86-86
Enclosures below base flood elevation.
§ 86-87
Flood-damage resistant materials.
§ 86-88
Protection of mechanical, plumbing, and electrical systems.