Critical Development is that which is critical to the community's public health and safety, are essential to the orderly functioning of a community, store or produce highly volatile, toxic or water- reactive materials, or house occupants that may be insufficiently mobile to avoid loss of life or injury. Examples of critical Development include jails, hospitals, schools, fire stations, nursing homes, wastewater treatment facilities, water plants, and gas/oil/propane storage facilities. Critical Developments shall be elevated to the 500-year Flood elevation or be elevated to the highest known historical Flood elevation (where records are available), whichever is greater. If no data exists establishing the 500-year Flood elevation or the highest known historical Flood elevation, the critical development shall be elevated to one foot above the Flood Protection Elevation. Critical developments shall have direct access to a walkway, driveway, or roadway whose surface elevation is not less than the Flood Protection Elevation and such escape route shall lead directly out of the 1% chance annual Floodplain area.
(Ord. 368-11. Passed 7-26-11.)