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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 204 Flood Damage Prevention
Chapter 204
Flood Damage Prevention
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Town of West New York
7-27-2022
by
Ord. No. 18/22
.
[1]
Amendments noted where applicable.]
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed former Ch. 204, Flood Damage Prevention, adopted
7-19-2006
by
Ord. No. 7/06
.
Article I
General Provisions
§ 204-0.1
Preamble.
§ 204-1
Recitals.
§ 204-2
Repealer.
Article II
Scope and Administration
§ 204-3
Title.
§ 204-4
Scope.
§ 204-5
Purposes and objectives.
§ 204-6
Coordination with building codes.
§ 204-7
Ordinary building maintenance and minor work.
§ 204-8
Warning.
§ 204-9
Other laws.
§ 204-10
Violations and penalties for noncompliance.
§ 204-11
Solid waste disposal in a flood hazard area.
§ 204-12
Abrogation and greater restrictions.
Article III
Applicability
§ 204-13
General.
§ 204-14
Establishment of flood hazard areas.
§ 204-15
Establishing local design flood elevation (LDFE).
Article IV
Duties and Powers of Floodplain Administrator
§ 204-16
Floodplain administrator designation.
§ 204-17
General.
§ 204-18
Coordination.
§ 204-19
Duties.
§ 204-20
Use of changed technical data.
§ 204-21
Other permits.
§ 204-22
Determination of local design flood elevations.
§ 204-23
Requirement to submit new technical data.
§ 204-24
Activities in riverine flood hazard areas.
§ 204-25
Floodway encroachment.
§ 204-26
Floodway revisions.
§ 204-27
Watercourse alteration.
§ 204-28
Engineering analysis.
§ 204-29
Alterations in coastal areas.
§ 204-30
Development in riparian zones.
§ 204-31
Substantial improvement and substantial damage determinations.
§ 204-32
Department records.
§ 204-33
Liability.
Article V
Permits
§ 204-34
Permits required.
§ 204-35
Application for permit.
§ 204-36
Validity of permit.
§ 204-37
Expiration.
§ 204-38
Suspension or revocation.
Article VI
Site Plans and Construction Documents
§ 204-39
Information for development in flood hazard areas.
§ 204-40
Information in flood hazard areas without base flood elevations (approximate Zone A).
§ 204-41
Analyses and certifications by licensed professional engineer.
§ 204-42
Submission of additional data.
Article VII
Inspections
§ 204-43
General.
§ 204-44
Inspections of development.
§ 204-45
Buildings and structures.
§ 204-46
Manufactured homes.
Article VIII
Variances
§ 204-47
General.
§ 204-48
Historic structures.
§ 204-49
Functionally dependent uses.
§ 204-50
Restrictions in floodways.
§ 204-51
Considerations.
§ 204-52
Conditions for issuance.
Article IX
Violations
§ 204-53
Violations.
§ 204-54
Authority.
§ 204-55
Unlawful continuance.
§ 204-56
Review period to correct violations.
Article X
Definitions
§ 204-57
General.
§ 204-58
Definitions.
Article XI
Subdivisions and Other Developments
§ 204-59
General.
§ 204-60
Subdivision requirements.
Article XII
Site Improvement
§ 204-61
Encroachment in floodways.
§ 204-62
Prohibited in floodways.
§ 204-63
Coastal high hazard areas (V Zones) and Coastal A Zones.
§ 204-64
Sewer facilities.
§ 204-65
Water facilities.
§ 204-66
Storm drainage.
§ 204-67
Streets and sidewalks.
§ 204-68
Limitations on placement of fill.
§ 204-69
Limitations on sites in coastal high hazard areas (V Zones) and Coastal A Zones.
§ 204-70
Hazardous materials.
Article XIII
Manufactured Homes
§ 204-71
General.
§ 204-72
Elevation.
§ 204-73
Foundations.
§ 204-74
Anchoring.
§ 204-75
Enclosures.
§ 204-76
Protection of mechanical equipment and outside appliances.
Article XIV
Recreational Vehicles
§ 204-77
Placement prohibited.
§ 204-78
Temporary placement.
§ 204-79
Permanent placement.
Article XV
Tanks
§ 204-80
Underground and aboveground tanks.
Article XVI
Other Development and Building Work
§ 204-81
General requirements for other development and building work.
§ 204-82
Requirements for habitable buildings and structures.
§ 204-83
Garages and accessory storage structures.
§ 204-84
Fences.
§ 204-85
Retaining walls, sidewalks and driveways.
§ 204-86
Swimming pools.
§ 204-87
Roads and watercourse crossings.
§ 204-88
Other development in coastal high hazard areas (Zone V) and Coastal A Zones.
§ 204-89
Nonstructural fill in coastal high hazard areas (Zone V) and Coastal A Zones.
Article XVII
Temporary Structures and Temporary Storage
§ 204-90
Temporary structures.
§ 204-91
Temporary storage.
§ 204-92
Floodway encroachment.
Article XVIII
Utility and Miscellaneous Group U
§ 204-93
Utility and miscellaneous Group U.
§ 204-94
Flood loads.
§ 204-95
Elevation.
§ 204-96
Enclosures below base flood elevation.
§ 204-97
Flood-damage-resistant materials.
§ 204-98
Protection of mechanical, plumbing, and electrical systems.