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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 57', '§ 57', '§ 57', '§ 57', '§ 57', '§ 57', '§ 57', '§ 57', '§ 57', '§ 57', '§ 57']

Village of Lake Success, NY Flood Damage Prevention
§ 57-1 Findings.
§ 57-2 Statement of purpose.
§ 57-3 Objectives.
§ 57-4 Definitions.
§ 57-5 Permitting official.
§ 57-6 Permit requirements.
§ 57-7 Application for permit.
§ 57-8 Permitting procedures.
§ 57-9 Appeals board.
§ 57-10 Conditions for variances.
Chapter 57 Flood Damage Prevention
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Lake Success 12-8-2008 by L.L. No. 3-2008.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
Environmental quality review — See Ch. 52.
Editor's Note: This chapter was adopted as Ch. A113 but was renumbered to maintain the organization of the Code.
The Board of Trustees of the Village of Lake Success finds that the potential and/or actual damages from flooding and erosion may be a problem to the residents of the Village of Lake Success and that such damages may include destruction or loss of private and public housing, damage to public facilities, both publicly and privately owned, and injury to and loss of human life. In order to minimize the threat of such damages and to achieve the purposes and objectives hereinafter set forth, this chapter is adopted.
To provide that developers are notified that property is in an area of special flood hazard; and,
Any land area susceptible to being inundated by water from any source. (See definition of "flood.")
Includes substantial improvement and means the initiation, excluding planning and design, of any phase of a project or physical alteration of the property and shall include land preparation, such as clearing, grading, and filling; installation of streets and/or walkways; excavation for a basement, footings, piers, or foundations; or the erection of temporary forms. It also includes the placement and/or installation on the property of accessory buildings (garages, sheds), storage trailers, and building materials. For manufactured homes the "actual start" means the affixing of the manufactured home to its permanent site.
The Building Inspector hereinafter referred to as the "local administrator" is responsible for receiving applications, examining the plans and specifications and issuing permits for the proposed construction or development.
No person shall erect, construct, enlarge, alter, repair, improve, move, or demolish any building or structure without first obtaining a separate permit for each building or structure from the local administrator.
No man-made change to improved or unimproved real estate, including but not limited to buildings or other structures, mining, dredging, filling, grading, paving, excavation or drilling operations, shall be commenced until a separate permit has been obtained from the local administrator for each change.
No manufactured home shall be placed on improved or unimproved real estate without first obtaining a separate permit for each mobile home from the local administrator.
To obtain a permit, the applicant shall first file a permit application on a form furnished for that purpose. The form must be completed and submitted to the local administrator with a fee determined by the Village Code before the issuance of a permit will be considered.
After reviewing the application, the local administrator shall require any additional measures which are necessary to meet the minimum requirements of this document.
The local administrator shall review proposed development to assure that all necessary permits have been received from those governmental agencies from which approval is required by federal or state law, including Section 404 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972, 33 U.S.C. 1334.
The local administrator shall review all permit applications to determine whether proposed building sites will be reasonably safe from flooding. If a proposed building site is in a flood-prone area, all new construction and substantial improvements (including the placement of prefabricated buildings and mobile homes) shall:
Be designed (or modified) and adequately anchored to prevent flotation, collapse, or lateral movement of the structure;
Be constructed with materials and utility equipment resistant to flood damage; and
Be constructed by methods and practices that minimize flood damage.
The local administrator shall review subdivision proposals and other proposed new development to determine whether such proposals will be reasonably safe from flooding. If a subdivision proposal or other proposed new development is in a flood-prone area, any such proposals shall be reviewed to assure that:
All such proposals are consistent with the need to minimize flood damage within the flood-prone area;
All public utilities and facilities, such as sewer, gas, electrical, and water systems, are located and constructed to minimize or eliminate flood damage; and
The local administrator shall require within flood-prone areas new and replacement water supply systems to be designed to minimize or eliminate infiltration of floodwaters into the systems.
The permitting official shall require within flood-prone areas:
New and replacement sanitary sewage systems to be designed to minimize or eliminate infiltration of floodwaters into the systems and discharges from the systems into floodwaters; and
On-site waste disposal systems to be located to avoid impairment to them or contamination from them during flooding.
The Board of Zoning Appeals as established by the Village of Lake Success shall hear and decide appeals and requests for variances from the requirements of this chapter.
The costs of providing governmental services during and after flood conditions, including search and rescue operations and maintenance and repair of public utilities and facilities such as sewer, gas, electrical, and water systems and streets and bridges.
Upon consideration of the factors of § 57-9D and the purposes of this chapter, the Board of Zoning Appeals may attach such conditions to the granting of variances as it deems necessary to further the purposes of this chapter.
Variances shall be based upon a hardship that runs with the land and shall not be issued for economic or other personal hardships.
Variances shall be issued upon:
A determination that failure to grant the variance would result in significant hardship; and
A determination that the variance will not result in increased flood risks, create nuisances, cause fraud or victimization of the public or conflict with existing local laws and ordinances.
Variances to this chapter shall be consistent with requirements for variances to other local and state law, code or regulation.