Sections:
Article I. Definitions
15.40.010 Rules of construction and interpretation.
15.40.020 Accessory structure, low-cost and small.
15.40.025 Accessory building or use.
15.40.030 Appeal.
15.40.035 Applicant.
15.40.040 Area of shallow flooding.
15.40.050 Base flood.
15.40.060 Base flood elevation (BFE).
15.40.070 Basement.
15.40.080 Reserved
15.40.090 Building.
15.40.100 Reserved
15.40.110 Community.
15.40.115 Council.
15.40.117 Reserved
15.40.120 Development.
15.40.121 Dwelling.
15.40.122 Dwelling unit.
15.40.123 Easement.
15.40.124 Elevation certificate.
15.40.125 Encroachment.
15.40.126 Engineer, city.
15.40.127 Reserved
15.40.128 Erosion.
15.40.130 Existing manufactured home park or subdivision.
15.40.140 Expansion to an existing manufactured home park or manufactured home subdivision.
15.40.150 Reserved
15.40.160 Flood or flooding.
15.40.170 Flood hazard zones A, AE, AO.
15.40.180 Flood hazard zone X shaded.
15.40.190 Flood hazard zone X unshaded.
15.40.200 Flood insurance rate map (FIRM).
15.40.210 Flood insurance study.
15.40.220 Floodplain or flood-prone area.
15.40.230 Floodplain administrator.
15.40.240 Floodplain board.
15.40.250 Floodplain management.
15.40.260 Floodplain management regulations.
15.40.270 Reserved
15.40.280 Floodproofing.
15.40.290 Flood-related erosion.
15.40.300 Floodway.
15.40.310 Functionally dependent use.
15.40.320 Governing body.
15.40.325 Hardship.
15.40.330 Highest adjacent grade.
15.40.335 Historic structure.
15.40.340 Levee.
15.40.350 Reserved
15.40.360 Lowest floor.
15.40.370 Manufactured home.
15.40.380 Manufactured home park or subdivision.
15.40.385 Market value.
15.40.390 Mean sea level.
15.40.395 Reserved
15.40.400 National flood insurance program regulations.
15.40.410 New construction.
15.40.420 Reserved
15.40.425 Obstruction.
15.40.430 Reserved
15.40.440 Person.
15.40.445 One hundred-year flood or 100-year flood.
15.40.448 Owner.
15.40.450 Recreational vehicle.
15.40.460 Regulatory flood elevation (RFE).
15.40.470 Remedy a violation.
15.40.475 Reserved
15.40.480 Riverine.
15.40.485 Slope.
15.40.490 Special flood hazard area.
15.40.500 Start of construction.
15.40.510 Structure.
15.40.515 Substantial damage.
15.40.520 Substantial improvement.
15.40.525 Utilities.
15.40.530 Variance.
15.40.535 Violation.
15.40.540 Water surface elevation.
15.40.545 Watercourse.
Article II. Applicability, General Provisions and Requirements
15.40.550 Authority.
15.40.560 Applicability.
15.40.570 Purpose.
15.40.580 Basis for designating special flood hazard areas.
15.40.590 Interpretation and application of provisions.
15.40.600 City held harmless.
15.40.610 Statutory exceptions.
15.40.620 Floodplain administrator authority.
15.40.630 Review of base flood data.
15.40.640 Duty to maintain and obtain information.
15.40.650 Notification prior to alteration of watercourses.
15.40.660 New delineation of all floodplains and elevations when.
15.40.670 Interpretation of FIRM boundaries.
15.40.680 Notice to county flood control district when.
15.40.690 Other notices required.
15.40.700 Structure declared public nuisance when.
15.40.705 Unlawful acts and penalties.
15.40.710 Action on violations.
15.40.720 Severability.
Article III. Permits, Reports and Procedural Requirements
15.40.730 Special flood hazard area development (SFHA) permit required prior to construction or development.
15.40.740 Lowest permissible floor elevations in nonresidential structures.
15.40.750 Elevation and wet floodproofing requirements.
15.40.760 Manufactured homes and home parks.
15.40.770 Minimizing the potential for flood damage.
Article IV. Materials and Equipment Storage Standards
15.40.780 Prohibited storage.
15.40.790 Allowable storage.
15.40.800 Standards for recreational vehicles.
Article V. Floodways
15.40.810 Provisions specific to.
15.40.820 Encroachments prohibited with certain exception.
15.40.830 Placement in prohibited.
15.40.840 Compliance with flood hazard reduction provisions required.
Article VI. Standards for Subdivision
15.40.850 Preliminary subdivision proposals.
15.40.860 Final subdivision plans.
15.40.870 Subdivision proposals in general.
15.40.880 Adequate drainage required.
Article VII. Variances and Appeals
15.40.890 Appeals and requests for variances.
15.40.900 Administrative error cause for hearing.
15.40.910 Appeal to superior court when.
15.40.920 Variance criteria.
15.40.930 Granting of variance when.
15.40.940 Reserved
15.40.950 Records to be maintained.
15.40.960 Exceptions.
15.40.970 Variances denied when.
15.40.980 Variances issued when.
15.40.990 Conditions for issuance of variance.
15.40.1000 Written notice of variance issuance required.