1. In accordance with the Pennsylvania Floodplain Management Act, 32 P.S. §§ 679.101 et seq., and the regulations adopted by the Department of Community and Economic Development as required by the Act, any new or substantially improved structure which will be used for the production or storage of any of the following materials or substances or which will be used for any activity requiring the maintenance of a supply (more than 550 gallons or other comparable volume or any amount of radioactive substances) of any of the following materials or substances on the premises, shall be subject to the provisions of this section, in addition to all other applicable provisions.
2. The following list of materials and substances are considered dangerous to human life:
A. Acetone;
B. Ammonia;
C. Benzene;
D. Calcium carbide;
E. Carbon disulfide;
F. Celluloid;
G. Chlorine;
H. Hydrochloric acid;
I. Hydrocyanic acid;
J. Magnesium;
K. Nitric acid and oxides of nitrogen;
L. Petroleum products (gasoline, fuel oil and the like);
M. Phosphorus;
N. Potassium;
O. Sodium;
P. Sulphur and sulphur products;
Q. Pesticides (including insecticides, fungicides and rodenticides); and
R. Radioactive substances, insofar as such substances are not otherwise regulated.
3. Within any FW (Floodway Area), any structure of the kind described in division 1. above shall be prohibited.
4. Where permitted within any Flood-Fringe Area, any new or substantially improved structure of the kind described in division 1. above shall be:
A. Elevated or designed and constructed to remain completely dry up to at least one and one-half feet above base flood elevation; and
B. Designed to prevent pollution from the structure or activity during the course of a base flood elevation. Any such structure, or part thereof, that will be built below the regulatory flood elevation shall be designed and constructed in accordance with the standards for completely dry flood-proofing, contained in the publication Flood-Proofing Regulations (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, June, 1972 as amended March, 1992), or with some other equivalent watertight standard.
(Ord. 1981-15-43, passed 12-14-1981; Ord. 2016-11-01, -passed 11-14-2016)