Structures existing in any identified floodplain
area prior to the enactment of this chapter may continue subject to
the following provisions:
A. No expansion or enlargement of an existing structure
shall be allowed within any identified floodway that would cause any
increase in the one-hundred-year flood heights.
[Amended 12-12-2000 by Ord. No. 9-00]
B. Any modification, alteration, reconstruction or improvement
of any kind to an existing structure to an extent or amount of 50%
or more of its market value shall constitute a substantial improvement
and shall be undertaken only in full compliance with the provisions
of this chapter.
C. Any modification, alteration, reconstruction or improvement
of any kind to an existing structure to an extent or amount of less
than 50% of its market value shall be elevated and/or floodproofed
to the greatest extent possible.
D. No expansion
or enlargement of an existing structure shall be allowed within any
FF (flood-fringe area) that would, together with all other existing
and anticipated development, increase the BFE more than one foot at
any point.
[Added 3-1-2011 by Ord.
No. 1-11]