A. The Board of Commissioners or Zoning Hearing Board, as the case may be, may request the review and recommendations of the Township Engineer, Upper Dublin Township Planning Commission, Montgomery County Planning Commission, and/or the Montgomery County Conservation District at least 30 days prior to the hearing on the application for conditional
or variance.
B. The Board of Commissioners and Zoning Hearing Board shall exercise discretion in allowing only those
which are substantially in accord with the stated intent of this chapter and Article. An applicant shall demonstrate to the Board of Commissioners, in considering conditional
, and the Zoning Hearing Board, in considering variance applications, the following:
(1) The effect of the
shall not substantially alter the cross-section profile of the
and
at the location of the proposed
.
(2) Lands abutting the
, both upstream and downstream, shall not be unreasonably adversely affected by the proposed
.
(3) The general welfare or public interest of Upper Dublin Township or other municipalities in the same watershed shall not be adversely affected.
(4) With respect to variance applications, the strict enforcement of this Article would create undue hardship by denying a reasonable
of an existing
which is situated either wholly or partially in the Floodplain Conservation District.
C. An affirmative decision shall not be issued by the Board of Commissioners or the Zoning Hearing Board for an application within the designated
unless the effect of such proposed activity on
heights is fully offset by accompanying stream
.
D. The Board of Commissioners or the Zoning Hearing Board shall notify the applicant, in writing, that the issuance of a decision to allow
of a
below the
will result in increased premium rates for
insurance, and such
below the
increases risk to life and property.
E. The Township shall maintain a record of all decisions and notifications, including jurisdiction for their issuance and the Township shall report such decisions to the appropriate agencies.
F. Elevation and
of
.
(1) Any new
permitted by conditional
or by variance shall be constructed and placed on the land so as to offer the minimum obstruction to the flow of water and shall be designed to have a minimum effect upon the
flow and
. Such
shall be elevated in accordance with the provisions contained in this Article, and Chapter 73, Building Construction, as amended.
(2) Any new
permitted as a conditional
or by variance shall be floodproofed in accordance with the provisions contained in this Article, and Chapter 73, Building Construction, as amended.
(a) All new
shall be firmly anchored in accordance with accepted engineering practices to prevent flotation, collapse or lateral movement.
(b) All new
shall be constructed so as to prevent the entrance of floodwaters into the water supply and waste treatment systems as well as other utility and facility systems. In addition, waste treatment systems shall be designed to minimize or eliminate discharges from the systems into the floodwaters.
(3) Any additions to
permitted as a conditional
or by variance shall be elevated to the greatest extent possible according to the provisions contained in this Article, and Chapter 73, Building Construction, as amended. However, any portion of the
not so elevated shall be floodproofed in accordance with the provisions contained in this Article, and Chapter 73, Building Construction, as amended.
(4) Any new
permitted as a conditional
or by variance shall be provided with two means of access across the property to the
, one of which shall serve as an alternate vehicle access outside of the Floodplain Conservation District.
(5) For any new
permitted as a conditional
or by variance shall have filed with the Township Fire Services Department and other appropriate disaster preparedness authorities an evacuation plan indicating alternate vehicular access to and escape routes from the
.