Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Areas within the 100-year floodplainFloodplainLand expected to flood at a stated frequency, where building carries extra conditions. designated as floodway on the FEMA flood insurance rate map.
Extracted standards
7 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Floodplain
- Floodway encroachment restriction
No encroachments, including fill, new construction, substantial improvements, or other development shall be permitted unless it is demonstrated that the proposed encroachment would not result in any increase in the 100-year flood elevation.
Other
Manufactured homes shall be elevated on a permanent foundation such that the lowest floor is at or above the base flood elevation and anchored.
- Manufactured homeManufactured homeA dwelling built in a factory to a federal standard and transported to the site. pier heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.36 in
Manufactured homes in existing parks may have chassis supported on piers at least 36 inches high.
- Recreational vehicle restriction
Recreational vehicles must be on site fewer than 180 consecutive days, or be fully licensed and ready for highway use, or meet elevation and anchoring requirements.
- Site plan flood information
Site plans shall include elevation of lowest floor, floodproofing elevation, 100-year flood elevation, and topographic information.
- Utility design criteria
Sanitary sewer, water, drainage, and other utilities shall be designed to minimize flood damage and infiltration.
- Zoning permit required
All uses, activities, and development occurring within any floodplain district shall be undertaken only upon the issuance of a zoning permit.
From the ordinance
In the floodway district no encroachments, including fill, new construction, substantial improvements, or other development shall be permitted unless it has been demonstrated through hydrologic and hydraulic analyses performed in accordance with standard engineering practice that the proposed encroachment would not result in any increase in the 100-year flood elevation.