1155.02 INTENT.

   It is the policy of the City of Findlay to encourage the establishment of naturally vegetated riparian setbacks along watercourses. Property owners who own land beside watercourses are encouraged to assume responsibility for helping to maintain water quality and the environmental health of riparian systems within the City of Findlay. Riparian setback requirements defined herein represent only minimal protection to water quality, and property owners are encouraged to do more to protect the ecological health of waterways.

   Setbacks along watercourses, including rivers, streams, major and minor tributaries, serve as buffer areas. The district has prepared and adopted plans in preparation of the Flood Mitigation effort underway to minimize or reduce flooding of the Blanchard River and its tributaries. Once the mitigation effort is complete, the overlay district should be designated on the zoning map.

   As an overlay zone, this zoning district imposes additional development standards for new construction beyond those of the underlying zoning district.

(Ord. 2023-115. Passed 12-19-23.)