1985-09-16 Public Hearing and Special Meeting

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e e -10- that too structure will be permitted to be built with a lo~st floor elevation belON too required elevation of two feet above too base flood elevation, and that the cost of flood insurance will be can- rrensurate with the increased risk resulting fran too reduced lowest floor elevation. ARTICLE 5. PROVISIONS t"OR FLOOD HAZARD REOOcrIOO SECTION A. General Standards In all areas of special flood hazards the following provisions are required: (1) All new construction and substantial improverrents shall be anchored to prevent floatation, collapse or lateral moverrent of the structure: (2) All new construction or substantial improverrents shall be constructed by rrethods and pratices that minimize flood damage: (3) All new construction or substantial improverrents shall be constructed with material and utility equipment resistant to flood damage: (4) All new and replacerrent water supply systems shall be designed to minimize or eliminate infiltration of flood waters into the system: (5) N:lw and replacement sanitary sewage systems shall be designed to mlnlInlze or eliminate infiltration of flood waters into too system and discharges fran the system into flood waters: and (6) On site waste disposal systems shall be located to avoid impairrrent to toom or contamination fran toom during flooding. SECTION B. SPECIFIC STANDARDS In all areas of special flood hazards where base flood elevation data has been provided as set forth in (i) Article 3, section B, (ii) Article 4, section B, (7), or (iii) Article 5, section D, (2) the following provisions are required: (1) Residential construction-new construction or substantial improverrent ot any reSlC:tentlal structure shall have the lowest floor, elevated to or above a distance of two feet above the base flood elevation. A registered professional engineer, architect, or land surveyor shall subnit a certification to the Flood Plain Administrator that the 3tan- dard of the subsection, as proposed in Article 4, section C (l)a., is satisfied. (2) Non-residential construction-new construction or substantial improve- rrent ot any camrerclal, industrial or other non-residential structure shall either have the lowest floor, including baserrent, elevated to the level of a distance of two feet above the base flood elevation or, together with attendent utility and sanitary facilities, be flood- proofed so that belOVl that level too structure is watertight with walls substantially imperrreable to the passage of water and with struc- tural components having the capability of resisting hydostatic and hydrodynamic loads and effects of buoyancy. A registered professional engineer or architect shall sutmit a certification to the Flood Plain Administrator that the standards of this subsection as proposed in Article 4, section C (1) (c), are satisfied. (3) Mobile Hares a. No mobile hare shall be based in a floodway, or if applicable, a coastal