(A) The Planning Director is authorized, but is not required, to classify certain geographical areas as drainage impact areas and to enact and promulgate regulations that are generally applied. In determining drainage impact areas, the Planning Director shall consider such factors as topography, soil type, and carrying capacity of existing regulated drains and distance from adequate drainage facility. The following areas shall be designated as drainage impact areas, unless good reason for not including them is presented to the Board of Public Works.
(1) A floodway fringe as designated on the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Floodway Maps as land within 75 feet of the top of each bank of any regulated or legal drain.
(B) In situations where there is not available land to provide an adequate outlet, taking into consideration the capacity and depth of the outlet, the location may be designated as a drainage impact area by approval of the Planning Director. Special requirements for development within and drainage impact area shall be included in the approval.
(Ord. 2-2010, passed 3-8-10)