The following shall be the required standards to be observed for the design and provision of community facilities and related elements.
(A) Assessing needs for community facilities. In reviewing development plans, the Planning Commission shall consider the adequacy of existing or proposed community facilities which must serve the additional population to be housed in the proposed development. Developers shall also give earnest consideration to dedicating or reserving land for those facilities which will be needed by the people who buy homes in residential developments, such as public buildings, schools, recreational areas, and shopping centers.
(B) Adequacy of community facilities areas. Areas provided or reserved for such community facilities should be adequate for building sites, landscaping, and off-street parking for the proposed use.
(C) Preservation of existing physical assets. Existing features which are assets to the community shall be preserved as much as possible through harmonious design of the isolated development. Examples of such features are stone fences, groupings of trees or isolated outstanding trees, watercourses, vacant historical ground, historical buildings, and similar irreplaceable physical, cultural and/or historical assets.
(D) Flood hazards. Development shall be prohibited in areas designated to lie within the 100-year flood plain on the flood insurance rate maps (FIRM’s) produced by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Land subject to flooding or otherwise uninhabitable shall not be platted for residential use or for any other use which may increase danger to health, life, property or aggravate erosion or flood hazards. Such land within a development shall be set aside on the plat for uses that will not be endangered by flooding and will not result in conditions contrary to the public welfare. Some of those uses include, but are not limited to, open space, extensive recreation use, and conservation purposes. The Planning Commission shall require the developer to provide elevation and flood profiles for questionable lots. It is the responsibility of the developer to document that all proposed, buildable lots will be located on flood-free sites (as determined by FEMA). Where appropriate, notes shall be placed on lots that restrict the construction of basements. If fill is proposed within areas designated as floodplain, the developer shall include approval from the Kentucky Division of Water for the proposed fill as part of a complete application to be reviewed by the Planning Commission.
(1) Stream easement. The recorded plat shall provide a storm water easement for a floodway of at least 20 feet when a stream flows through, or adjacent to, the proposed development. For smaller streams, the recorded plat shall provide channel improvements with the capacity to carry 100-year frequency rainfall within the stream banks.
(2) Streets. Approval shall not be given for streets within a development which would be subject to inundation, flooding, or culverts which are inadequate to handle the 50-year frequency storm, unless the culvert is being used as a part of the stormwater retention/detention plan.
(Prior Code, § 74.740) (Ord. passed 3- -1995; Ord. passed 10- -2005; Ord. 2018-03, passed 2-14-2018; Ord. passed 1- -2020)