(A) All plans and permits for proposed new site improvements, subdivisions, and manufactured home parks shall be consistent with the need to minimize flood damage and ensure that building sites will be reasonably safe from flooding. The test of reasonableness is a local judgment and includes historical data, high water marks, photographs of past flooding, and the like.
(B) Building lots shall have adequate buildable area outside of regulatory floodways.
(C) Site improvement proposals, subdivision development plans, and manufactured home park plans shall include the mapped flood hazard zones and regulatory floodway boundaries from the effective FIRM.
(D) Where base flood elevation data has not been provided or is not available from another authorized source, it shall be generated for subdivision proposals and other proposed developments which contain at least 50 lots or five acres (whichever is less).
(E) Site improvements, subdivisions, and manufactured home parks shall have public utilities and facilities such as sewer, gas, electric and water systems located and constructed to minimize or eliminate damage and infiltration of floodwaters. Replacement public utilities and facilities such as sewer, gas, electric and water systems, likewise shall be sited and designed to minimize or eliminate damage and infiltration of floodwaters.
(F) New and replacement on-site waste disposal systems and sanitary sewerage systems shall be located and constructed to avoid functional impairment, contamination, or discharges from them, during flooding.
(G) Subdivisions and manufactured home parks shall have adequate drainage provided to reduce exposure to flood hazards.
(Ord. 259, passed 3-17-2011; Ord. 286, passed 12-7-2017) Penalty, see § 151.999