ORD-2005-127 - Ordinance Amending the County Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance

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q) Acetylene gas, r) Gasoline and any petroleum product, s) Lumber, t) Charcoal or coal dust u) Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), v) Polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), w) Volatile organic compounds (VOCs), or x) Any priority pollutants listed in Table 1 of Section 307 of the Clean Water Act (P.L. 92 -500), as amended 13. Hospitals, nursing homes, foster care facilities, sheriff's facilities, fire stations, emergency operations centers, and vehicle and equipment storage facilities shall not be permitted in SFHAs. 14. Any inhabited structure within any SFHA shall have unobstructed, dry access during a regulatory flood event. 15. New fill material within any SFHA shall be prohibited. (Ord. of 8 -28 -1995, § 5.1, eff. 8 -28 -1995, Ord. of 10 -03 -2005, eff. 10 -03 -2005) Sec. 42 -92. Specific standards. In all SFHAs where BFE data has been provided, as set forth in Section 42 -37 or 42 -69, the following provisions are required: 1. Residential Construction. New construction within the SFHA shall be prohibited. Substantial improvement of any existing residential structure (including manufactured homes) shall have the reference level, including basement, elevated no lower than two feet above the regulatory flood protection elevation, as defined in Article 2 of this Ordinance. Should solid foundation perimeter walls be used to elevate a structure, opening sufficient to automatically facilitate equalization of hydrostatic flood forces on exterior walls shall be provided pursuant to Section 42. 2. Non - Residential Construction. New construction within the SFHA shall be prohibited. Substantial improvement of any existing commercial, industrial, or other non - residential structure shall have the reference level, including basement, elevated no lower than the regulatory flood protection elevation. Structures located in A, AO, AE and Al -30 Zones may be flood proofed no lower than two feet above the level of the base flood elevation in lieu of elevation provided that all areas of the structure below the required flood protection elevation are watertight with walls substantially impermeable to the passage of water, using structural components having the capability of resisting hydrostatic and hydrodynamic loads and the effect of buoyancy. A North Carolina licensed Professional Engineer or Architect shall certify that the standards of this subsection are satisfied. Such certification shall be provided to the official as set forth in Section 42 -68. 3. Manufactured Homes.