(a) In accordance with the administrative regulations promulgated by the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development to implement the Pennsylvania Flood Plain Management Act (Act 166 of 1978), the following uses and activities have been identified as being dangerous to human life and/or as posing a special hazard in flood-prone areas:
(1) Any new or substantially improved structure which will be used for the production or storage of any of the following dangerous materials or substances or which will be used for any activity requiring the maintenance of a supply of more than 550 gallons, or other comparable volume, any of the following materials or substances on the premises or will involve the production, storage, or use of any amount of radioactive substances shall be subject to the provisions of this section, in addition to all other applicable provisions. The following list of materials and substances are considered dangerous to human life:
A. Acetone
B. Ammonia
C. Benzene
D. Calcium carbide
E. Carbon disulfide
F. Celluloid
G. Chlorine
H. Hydrochloric acid
I. Hydrocyanic acid J. Magnesium
K. Nitric acid and oxides of nitrogen
L. Petroleum products (gasoline, fuel oil, etc.)
M. Phosphorus
N. Potassium
O. Sodium
P. Sulphur and sulphur products
Q. Pesticides (including insecticides, fungicides and rodenticides)
R. Radioactive substances, insofar as such substances are not otherwise regulated.
(2) The construction, enlargement or expansion of any structure used, or intended to be used, for any of the following:
A. Hospitals
B. Nursing homes
C. Jails or prisons
(3) The commencement of, or any construction of, a new individual manufactured home, manufactured home park or manufactured home subdivision.
(Ord. 84-6. Passed 4-16-84.)
(b) Within any flood-prone area, including any floodway area (FW), any structure of the kind described in subsection (a) hereof shall be prohibited and no variance shall be granted.
(Ord. 92-16. Passed 9-21 -92; Ord. 2009-04. Passed 10-19-09.)