Located within the areas of special flood hazard established in § 151.03(B) are areas designated as shallow flooding. These areas have special flood hazards associated with base flood depths of one to three feet where a clearly defined channel does not exist and where the path of flooding is unpredictable and where velocity flow may be evident. The flooding is characterized by ponding or sheet flow; therefore, the following provisions apply.
(A) All new construction and substantial improvements of residential structures have the lowest floor (including basement) elevated above the highest adjacent grade at least one foot higher than the depth number specified in feet on the community’s FIRM (at least three feet if no depth number is specified).
(B) All new construction and substantial improvements of non-residential structures:
(1) Have the lowest floor (including basement) elevated above the highest adjacent grade at least one foot feet higher than the depth number specified in feet on the community’s FIRM (at least two feet if no depth number is specified); or
(2) Together with attendant utility and sanitary facilities be designed so that below one foot above the base flood level the structure is water-tight with walls substantially impermeable to the passage of water and with structural components having the capability of resisting hydrostatic and hydrodynamic loads of effects of buoyancy.
(C) Require within Zones AH or AO adequate drainage paths around structures on slopes, to guide flood waters around and away from proposed structures.
(Ord. 10.03R, passed 11-15-2011)