HomeMy WebLinkAbout1996-11-13 97-10 ORDINANCEDate: 11-13- 1996 Item No. 97-10
ItemlSubject Amending due Floodplain Management Ordinance -Update the Floodplain
Management Ordinance to make it conform to current wi am federal minimum
standards.
Responsible Department: Code Enforcement
Commentary
The State of Maim Floodplain Ma agement Program Office requested these additimml amendments be
made to me Floodplain Management Ordinance to reflect recent refinements in the State Model
Floodplain Management Ordinance. Conformance with federal and state minimum standards is required
to permit Bangor m continue to participate in the National Flood Insurance Program.
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Managels Communes:
City Manager
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CITY OF BANGOR
(TITLE.) 41riF�Clt2ilil2e Ammd�pg MC PI dplem Marsgem Lord- -Chaps XIII .............
Chapter XIII, Article VI.G.4; Chapmr MII, Article VLH a; Chapter X111, Miele V1.3.2.1h; Chapter X111,
Article VI].3; Chapter MIT, Article VI%; Chapter XIII, Article VIII.D; Chapter XIII, Article X111.
Be N ordaiwd hY W City Casweti a(W IXry ofBarypr, m PoB4ma: THAT the Floodplain
Management Ordinance- Chapter XIII, be amended as follows:
&ae-1 Floodplain Management Ordinanm Adapted Statement of Purpose d Adentinn. Certain
areas of the City of Thantion Maine, am subiect he periodic flooding, causing sergi
witbintRelief is available
subsidized flied insurance as authorized bM1 Act of 6.
nerefoure, the City ofBanvorparticipating
The National Flood insurance Program,
ent o the
Nat onal flood Insurance: Act of Idelineated in the
attached Floodplain Ma agement om'nan e
t is the intent of the CiN of TbanladL Maine. to tentative the recognition and evaluation
board bazanta an all offic at actions whei to hand use in W flood 1
flood namrds
This body ban the lerial authority to adopt land use dtr u
wfu
ane measures
4352 and"0 I 4407,
In accordance with 30-A MRSA. § 3003 as amended, the "Floodplain Management
Ordinance for the City of Bangor, Maine', dated May 4, 1987 is hereby adopted. Three
copies. o'said Ordinance are available be public use and inspection in the office of the
Clerk of the City of Bangor.
TINT the Floodplain Management Ordinance -Chapter XIII, Article VI.G.4 be amended as follows:
4. L Zone A shall have the lowest floor (Including basemart) elevated to at learn one foot above
the base flood elevation utilizing information obtained pursuant to Article III, paragraph
0.1 b; Abide V, paragraph 8; or Article VIII, paragraph D; a
Iz reporter with arenal tribute and sapitary facilit es mm The floodproofing standards
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THAT the Floodplain Management Ordinance- Chapter XIII, Article VI.H.4 be amended as follows:
4. a. Zone A shall have the lowest Fleor(incoming basement) elevated In at least one fact above
He base flood elevation utilizing information obtained pursuant to Article HI, paragraph
G Iib; Article V, paragraph B; or Article Vlll, paragraph D; gad
bn er the requirements of Article AN oaragra hhddj L
THAT the Floodplain Management Ordinance -Chapter XIII, Article VLt21 be amended as follows'.
2. F. is consistent with Ne technical criteria contained in Section 2-7 entitled "Hydraulic
Analyses,"Flood Insurance Guidelines and Specifications for Study Contractors, (FEMA
37/SryMmbei,i 985 March, 1993, as amended).
THAT the Floodplain Management Ordinance - Chapter XIII, Article V1.1.3 be amended as follows:
3. In Zone A rwerine areas, in which the regulatory fleodway is determined to be the channel
of the river or minor water Worse and the adjacent land areas m a distance of one-half me
width of the floodplain as measured from the normal high water mark to the upland limit
of the floodplain, woroachmerds, including fill, new construction, substantial improvemetrt,
and other development shall not be permitted unless a technical evaluation certified by a
registered professional engincer is provided meeting the requirements of •"....rrcC—
pang aph jA Artcle V1. comiumajoh!2.
THAT&a Floodplain Management Ordinance Chapter XIII, Article VLK be amended as follows:
K. New conswetion or substantial improvement of any mounts in Innes Al -30, AE, AO, AN and
Not mats the development standards of Article VI, including the elevation requirements of Article
VI, paragraphs F, G, or and is elevated on posse, columns, piers, piles, %tikai or crawlspaess gess
limit times beer in beigh may be enclosed below the elevation requirements provided all the
following criteria are met or exceeded:
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THATthe Floodplain Management Ordinance- Chapter ME, Article VIED he amended as knows:
D. All proposals include base flood elevation and, in a rivuine Floodplain, Boodway dam.
THAT the Floodplain Management Ordinance - Chapter XIII, Article XIII be amended as kllows
"Code Enhancement Officer'- any person efa board responsible fm perfuming the inspection, licensing
and enforcement dufies required by a particular comes Or ordinance.
"Elevated Build g"- means a non-basemeat building(I)built, in the case of a building in Zones Al -30, AE,
A, A", AO, a AN, ",>�.a to have the top of the elevated Boor, elevated above the ground level by
means of pilings, columns, pom, piers, or "stilts"; and (ii) adequately anchored so as not to impair the
structural integrity of the building timing a flood of up to one root above the magnitude of the base Flood.
In the case of Zonae AI -30, AE, A, Ann, AO, a AN, B, G, X -eh& "elevated building" also includes a
building elevated by means of fill or solid foundation perimeter walls with
openings sufficient m facilitate the unimpeded movement Of Flood waders.
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IN CITY COUNCIL 9I-10
November 13, 1996 ORDINANCE
First Reading
Referred to Community ( TITIE Amending the Floodplain
and CommiEconottee
is De elopment Management Ordinance - Chapter XIII;
Ca®i[tae _ - Chapter XIII, Article VI.G.4. Chapter :.
XIII, Article Vi.R.45 Chapter %IIL
C CLERK Article VI.J.2. b: Chapter XIII. Article r'
VI.J�. aper ] I VI.R: Chapter
%IIIA A[ B XIII. Article
IN CITY COUNCIL- /� _ a �� %III...
November 25, 1996
Passed Vote: 8 yes 11MUflC lJ't/s+t.
councilors voting yes Cowm.'tlmon
sets, RaldacCi. Blanchette,
Lean, s ucy, Sullivan, Tyler
5 Woodcock -1
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