Title 13 BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION
Chapter 13.12 FLOOD DAMAGE PREVENTION
13.12-4.030 Standards for streams without established base flood elevations and/or floodways.
Located within the areas of special flood hazard established in Section
13.12-1.040, are small streams where no base flood data has been provided or
where no floodways have been identified. The following provisions apply within
such areas:
A. No encroachments, including fill, new construction,
substantial improvements or new development shall be permitted within one
hundred (100) feet of the stream bank unless certification with supporting
technical data by a registered, professional engineer is provided demonstrating
that such encroachments shall not result in any increase in flood levels during
the occurrence of the base flood discharge.
B. If subsection
13.12-4.030(A) is satisfied and base flood elevation data is available from
other sources, all new construction and substantial improvements within such
areas shall comply with all applicable flood hazard ordinance provisions of
Article 13.12-4 and shall be elevated or floodproofed in accordance with
elevations established in accordance with subsection 13.12-3.030(J). Data from
preliminary, draft, and final flood insurance studies constitutes best available
data. If an appeal is pending on the study in accordance with 44 CFR Ch. 1, Part
67.5 and 67.6, the data does not have to be used. When base flood elevation data
is not available from a federal, state, or other source, the lowest floor shall
be elevated at least three feet above the highest adjacent grade. (Ord. 01-O-06
§ 1(part), 2001)
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