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Chapter 96 Floodplain Management Regulations
Chapter 96
Floodplain Management Regulations
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council of the Township of Washington
4-12-2023
by
Ord. No. 3-2023
.
[1]
Amendments noted where applicable.]
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed former Ch. 96, Flood Damage Prevention, adopted
7-20-2016
by
Ord. No. 17-2016
, as amended.
Article I
Scope and Administration
§ 96-1
Title.
§ 96-2
Scope.
§ 96-3
Purposes and objectives.
§ 96-4
Coordination with building codes.
§ 96-5
Ordinary building maintenance and minor work.
§ 96-6
Warning.
§ 96-7
Other laws.
§ 96-8
Violations and penalties for noncompliance.
§ 96-8.1
Solid waste disposal in a flood hazard area.
§ 96-9
Abrogation and greater restrictions.
Article II
Applicability
§ 96-10
General.
§ 96-11
Establishment of flood hazard areas.
§ 96-12
Establishing the local design flood elevation (LDFE).
Article III
Duties and Powers of the Floodplain Administrator
§ 96-13
Floodplain Administrator designation.
§ 96-14
General.
§ 96-15
Coordination.
§ 96-16
Duties.
§ 96-17
Use of changed technical data.
§ 96-18
Other permits.
§ 96-19
Determination of local design flood elevations.
§ 96-20
Requirement to submit new technical data.
§ 96-21
Activities in riverine flood hazard areas.
§ 96-22
Floodway encroachment.
§ 96-22.1
Floodway revisions.
§ 96-23
Watercourse alteration.
§ 96-23.1
Engineering analysis.
§ 96-24
Alterations in coastal areas.
§ 96-25
Development in riparian zones.
§ 96-26
Substantial improvement and substantial damage determinations.
§ 96-27
Department records.
§ 96-28
Liability.
Article IV
Permits
§ 96-29
Permits required.
§ 96-30
Application for permit.
§ 96-31
Validity of permit.
§ 96-32
Expiration.
§ 96-33
Suspension or revocation.
Article V
Site Plans and Construction Documents
§ 96-34
Information for development in flood hazard areas.
§ 96-35
Information in flood hazard areas without base flood elevations (approximate Zone A).
§ 96-36
Analyses and certifications by licensed professional engineer.
§ 96-37
Submission of additional data.
Article VI
Inspections
§ 96-38
General.
§ 96-39
Inspections of development.
§ 96-40
Buildings and structures.
§ 96-41
Manufactured homes.
Article VII
Variances
§ 96-42
General.
§ 96-43
Historic structures.
§ 96-44
Functionally dependent uses.
§ 96-45
Restrictions in floodways.
§ 96-46
Considerations.
§ 96-47
Conditions for issuance.
Article VIII
Violations
§ 96-48
Violations.
§ 96-49
Authority.
§ 96-50
Unlawful continuance.
§ 96-51
Review period to correct violations.
Article IX
Definitions
§ 96-52
General.
§ 96-53
Definitions.
Article X
Subdivisions and Other Developments
§ 96-54
General.
§ 96-55
Subdivision requirements.
Article XI
Site Improvement
§ 96-56
Encroachment in floodways.
§ 96-56.1
Prohibited in floodways.
§ 96-57
Sewer facilities.
§ 96-58
Water facilities.
§ 96-59
Storm drainage.
§ 96-60
Streets and sidewalks.
§ 96-61
Limitations on placement of fill.
§ 96-62
Hazardous materials.
Article XII
Manufactured Homes
§ 96-63
General.
§ 96-64
Elevation.
§ 96-65
Foundations.
§ 96-66
Anchoring.
§ 96-67
Enclosures.
§ 96-68
Protection of mechanical equipment and outside appliances.
Article XIII
Recreational Vehicles
§ 96-69
Placement prohibited.
§ 96-70
Temporary placement.
§ 96-71
Permanent placement.
Article XIV
Tanks
§ 96-72
Tanks.
Article XV
Other Development and Building Work
§ 96-73
General requirements for other development and building work.
§ 96-74
Requirements for habitable buildings and structures.
§ 96-75
Garages and accessory storage structures.
§ 96-76
Fences.
§ 96-77
Retaining walls, sidewalks, and driveways.
§ 96-78
Swimming pools.
§ 96-79
Roads and watercourse crossings.
Article XVI
Temporary Structures and Temporary Storage
§ 96-80
Temporary structures.
§ 96-81
Temporary storage.
§ 96-82
Floodway encroachment.
Article XVII
Utility and Miscellaneous Group U
§ 96-83
Utility and Miscellaneous Group U.
§ 96-84
Flood loads.
§ 96-85
Elevation.
§ 96-86
Enclosures below base flood elevation.
§ 96-87
Flood-damage-resistant materials.
§ 96-88
Protection of mechanical, plumbing, and electrical systems.