(a) Floodway.
(1) General requirements. In the Floodway, no development shall be permitted which would result in any increase in the base flood elevation during the occurrence of the base flood discharge. When a developer proposes to offset the effects of development in the Floodway by construction of stream improvements, he shall submit an engineering study prepared by a registered professional engineer which fully evaluates the effects of such construction. The report shall use the base flood as herein defined as the basis of analysis. All adjacent communities and the State Coordinating Office shall be notified by the developer by certified mail of all such intended activities prior to any alteration or relocation of a watercourse and shall submit copies of such notification to the Federal Insurance Administrator. In addition, the developer shall assure the City Recorder, in writing, that the flood carrying capacity within the altered or relocated portion of the watercourse in question will be maintained. All uses, activities and other developments shall be undertaken in strict compliance with the floodproofing and related provisions contained herein, and in all other applicable codes, ordinances and regulations.
(2) Manufactured homes. In the Floodway, the placement of any manufactured homes, except in an existing manufactured home park or manufactured home subdivision, shall be prohibited. For any existing manufactured home park or subdivision within the floodway , the owner or operator of the manufactured home park or subdivision shall file with the disaster preparedness authorities of the County and the City an evacuation plan which indicates alternate vehicular access routes and escape routes.
(b) Floodway Fringe and Approximated Flood Plain. In the Floodway Fringe and Approximated Flood Plain, any development and/or use of land shall be permitted provided that all such uses, activities and/or development shall be undertaken in strict compliance with the floodproofing and related provisions contained herein and in all other applicable codes, ordinances and regulations. For any manufactured home park or subdivision within the Floodway Fringe or Approximated Flood Plain, the owner or operator of the manufactured home park or subdivision shall file with the disaster preparedness authorities of the County and the City an evacuation plan which indipates alternate vehicular access routes.
In addition, whenever a developer intends to alter or relocate a watercourse within the Floodway Fringe or Approximated Flood Plain, the developer shall notify in writing by certified mail all adjacent communities and the State Coordinating Office of all such intended activities prior to any alteration or relocation of the watercourse, and shall submit copies of such notification to the Federal Insurance Administrator. The developer shall also assure the City Recorder in writing, that the flood-carrying capacity within the altered or relocated portion of the watercourse in question will be maintained.
(Passed 7-24-00.)