A. The following general conditions, as set out in Sections 16.26.030 through 16.26.070, shall apply to all uses within the floodway fringe area and, for purposes of this chapter, other regulatory floodplain areas where a floodway has not been defined or delineated including but not limited to A, AO, AE, AH, A1-30 and Shaded X Zones as provided on adopted FIRMs, or those regulatory floodplain areas defined by this title.
B. No development, storage of materials or equipment, or other uses shall be permitted which, acting alone or in combination with existing or future uses, create a danger or hazard to life or property.
C. No encroachment may increase the base flood level more than one-tenth of a foot or increase flood velocities more than ten percent or one fps, whichever is less, at any property line, except when it can be demonstrated that the post-development velocity is not an erosive velocity. The velocity subject to this standard may be the overbank velocity, the channel velocity, or both, as appropriate based on the type of development and its location within the floodplain.
D. Consideration of the effects of a proposed use or development shall be based on the assumption that there will be an equal degree of encroachment extending for a significant reach on both sides of the watercourse.
(Ord. 2010-FC5 § 1 (part), 2010; Ord. 2005 FC-2 § 2 (part), 2005; Ord. 1999 FC-1 § 1 (part), 1999; Ord. 1988 FC-2 Art. 9 (B) (part), 1988)