The regulations contained in this section shall be supplementary to any other comprehensive flood hazard and damage prevention regulations contained in this code. In the event of conflict, the more restrictive provisions shall apply.
(A) Purpose. The flood plain regulations contained in this section are established for the following purposes:
(1) To avoid or lessen the hazards to persons or damage to property resulting from the accumulation or runoff of storm or floodwaters;
(2) To maintain the capacity of the flood plain to retain floodwaters;
(3) To provide for the development of flood plain lands with uses not subject to severe damage by flooding and compatible with the other uses permitted to various zones; and,
(4) To avoid the creation of new flood problems.
(B) Specific regulations.
(1) No new or existing building or structures shall be erected or moved within a flood plain, as indicated upon the official or certified flood plain map, unless the lowest floor, including the basement floor, is at an elevation which is not less than two feet above the flood base elevation for the site; provided, however, that basement walls or the bottom of any opening therein is not less than two feet above such elevation, and if plans and calculations for such floor and walls prepared by a licensed engineer or architect clearly indicate that the design is adequate to withstand expected forces and pressures to which it may be subjected.
(2)
The elevation of the ground for a minimum distance of 25 feet immediately surrounding any building or structure erected or moved within a flood plain shall be at an elevation of two feet above the flood base elevation for the site and shall extend in width not less than 25 feet at, or above, the elevation to a public street or accessway.
(3) The elevation of the finished surface at the crown of any new street constructed within a flood plain shall be not less than two feet above the flood base elevation for the area. The design of such streets or accessways shall be such that the normal direction or course of drainage or runoff through the area is not interrupted.
(4) If fill or any type of construction which would displace floodwaters is placed within the flood plain, a flood reservoir shall be constructed which shall hold floodwaters of equal volume to the volume of such fill or construction placed below the flood base elevation. In the case of streams and channels, such excavation shall be made opposite or just upstream from the filled-in area. Each such flood reservoir shall have adequate provision of drainage to the waterway. Upon compliance with the requirements of this chapter, the President and Board of Trustees will, upon request of an affected property owner, authorize the Village Clerk to issue a certificate of compliance, all in accordance with the standard specifications of the village.
(`95 Code, § 156.012) (Ord. 83-11, passed 9- -83)