§ 152.104 LIMITATIONS ON PLACEMENT OF FILL.
   Subject to the limitations of this chapter, fill shall be designed to be stable under conditions of flooding including rapid rise and rapid drawdown of floodwaters, prolonged inundation, and protection against flood-related erosion and scour, in addition to these requirements, if intended to support buildings and structures (Zone A only), fill shall comply with the requirements of the Florida Building Code. For all excavation and fill projects, the volume of space occupied by the permitted fill below the base flood elevation shall be compensated for and balanced by a hydraulically equivalent amount of excavation taken from below the base flood elevation. All such excavation shall be connected to a drainage canal directly or via a culvert.
(Ord. 1775, passed 5-7-14)