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Village of Alexandria Bay, NY Flood Damage Prevention
§ 82-1 Findings.
§ 82-2 Purpose.
§ 82-3 Objectives.
§ 82-4 Definitions and word usage.
§ 82-5 Applicability.
§ 82-6 Basis for establishing areas of special flood hazard.
§ 82-7 Effect on other laws; interpretation.
§ 82-8 Penalties for offenses; other remedies; notification of noncompliance.
§ 82-9 Warning and disclaimer of liability.
§ 82-10 Designation of local administrator.
§ 82-11 Development permit.
§ 82-12 Duties of local administrator.
§ 82-13 General provisions for flood hazard reduction.
§ 82-14 Specific provisions for flood hazard reduction.
§ 82-15 Floodways.
§ 82-16 Appeals.
§ 82-17 Variances.
Village of Alexandria Bay, NY / Part II: General Legislation
Chapter 82 Flood Damage Prevention
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Alexandria Bay 7-7-1987 as L.L. No. 4-1987. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Unsafe buildings — See Ch. 51.
Electrical standards — See Ch. 68.
Fair housing — See Ch. 73.
Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code — See Ch. 78.
Junkyards — See Ch. 92.
Sewers — See Ch. 118.
Signs — See Ch. 120.
Subdivision of land — See Ch. 132.
Zoning — See Ch. 150.
The Board of Trustees of the Village of Alexandria Bay, New York, finds that the potential and/or actual damages from flooding and erosion may be a problem to the residents of the Village of Alexandria Bay, New York, 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.
Require that uses vulnerable to floods, including facilities which serve such uses, are protected against flood damage at the time of initial construction.
To protect human life and health.
To minimize expenditure of public money for costly flood-control projects.
To minimize the need for rescue and relief efforts associated with flooding and generally undertaken at the expense of the general public.
To minimize prolonged business interruptions.
To minimize damage to public facilities and utilities such as water and gas mains, electric, telephone and sewer lines, streets and bridges located in areas of special flood hazard.
To help maintain a stable tax base by providing for the sound use and development of areas of special flood hazard so as to minimize future flood blight areas.
To provide that developers are notified that property is in an area of special flood hazard.
To ensure that those who occupy the areas of special flood hazard assume responsibility for their actions.
A designated AO or VO Zone on a community's Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM), with base flood depths from one to three feet, where a clearly defined channel does not exist, where the path of flooding is unpredictable and indeterminate and where velocity flow may be evident.
The area subject to high-velocity waters, including but not limited to hurricane wave wash. The area is designated on a FIRM as Zone V1 through V30, VE, VO or V.
Any man-made change to improved or unimproved real estate, including but not limited to buildings or other structures, mining, dredging, filling, paving, excavation or drilling operations located within the area of special flood hazard.
An official map of the community published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as part of a riverine community's Flood Insurance Study. The "FBFM" delineates a regulatory floodway along watercourses studied in detail in the Flood Insurance Study.
An official map of a community, issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, where the boundaries of the areas of special flood hazard have been defined but no water surface elevation data is provided.
The official report provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The report contains flood profiles as well as the Flood Boundary and Floodway Map and the water surface elevations of the base flood.
The lowest level, including basement or cellar, of the lowest enclosed area. An unfinished or flood-resistant enclosure, usable solely for parking of vehicles, building access or storage in an area other than a basement or cellar is not considered a building's "lowest floor," provided that such enclosure is not built so as to render the structure in violation of the applicable nonelevation design requirements of this chapter.
As corrected in 1929, a vertical control used as a reference for establishing elevations within the floodplain.
The channel of a river or other watercourse and the adjacent land areas that must be reserved in order to discharge the base flood without cumulatively increasing the water surface elevation more than a designated height as determined by the Federal Emergency Management Agency in a Flood Insurance Study or by other agencies as provided in § 82-12B.
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 or sheds), storage trailers and building materials.
Any repair, reconstruction or improvement of a structure, the cost of which equals or exceeds 50% of the market value of the structure, excluding land values, either before the improvement or repair is started or, if the structure has been damaged and is being restored, before the damage occurred. For the purposes of this definition, "substantial improvement" is considered to commence when the first alteration of any wall, ceiling, floor or other structural part of the building commences, whether or not that alteration affects the external dimensions of the structure. The term does not, however, include either:
This chapter shall apply to all areas of special flood hazard within the jurisdiction of the Village of Alexandria Bay, New York, 13607.
The areas of special flood hazard identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency in a scientific and engineering report entitled the "Flood Insurance Study for the Village of Alexandria Bay of Jefferson County, New York," dated April 3, 1978, with accompanying Flood Insurance Rate Maps, are hereby adopted and declared to be a part of this chapter. The Flood Insurance Study and FIRM are on file at the Municipal Office, Church and Rock Streets, Alexandria Bay, New York.
In their interpretation and application, the provisions of this chapter shall be held to be minimum requirements, adopted for the promotion of the public health, safety and welfare. Whenever the requirements of this chapter are at variance with the requirements of any other lawfully adopted rules, regulations or ordinances, the most restrictive, or that imposing the highest standards, shall govern.
No structure shall hereafter be constructed, located, extended, converted or altered and no land shall be excavated or filled without full compliance with the terms of this chapter and any other applicable regulations. Any infraction of the provisions of this chapter by failure to comply with any of its requirements, including infractions of conditions and safeguards established in connection with conditions of the permit, shall constitute a violation. Any person who violates this chapter or fails to comply with any of its requirements shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined no more than $250 or imprisoned for not more than 15 days, or both. Each day of noncompliance shall be considered a separate offense. Nothing herein contained shall prevent the Village Board from taking such other lawful action as necessary to prevent or remedy an infraction. Any structure found not compliant with the requirements of this chapter for which the developer and/or owner has not applied for and received an approved variance under §§ 82-16 and 82-17 will be declared noncompliant and notification sent to the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
The degree of flood protection required by this chapter is considered reasonable for regulatory purposes and is based on scientific and engineering considerations. Larger floods can and will occur on rare occasions. Flood heights may be increased by man-made or natural causes. This chapter does not imply that land outside the areas of special flood hazard or uses permitted within such areas will be free from flooding or flood damages. This chapter shall not create liability on the part of the Village of Alexandria Bay, any officer or employee thereof or the Federal Emergency Management Agency for any flood damages that result from reliance on this chapter or any administrative decision lawfully made thereunder.
The Zoning Inspector is hereby appointed local administrator to administer and implement this chapter by granting or denying development permit applications in accordance with its provisions.
A development permit shall be obtained before the start of construction or any other development within the areas of special flood hazard as established in § 82-6. Application for a development permit shall be made on forms furnished by the local administrator and may include, but not be limited to, plans, in duplicate, drawn to scale and showing the nature, location, dimensions and elevations of the area in question, existing or proposed structures, fill, storage of materials, drainage facilities and the location of the foregoing.
The elevation, in relation to mean sea level, of the proposed lowest floor (including basement or cellar) of all structures.
The elevation, in relation to mean sea level, to which any nonresidential structure will be floodproofed.
When required, a certificate from a licensed professional engineer or architect that the utility floodproofing will meet the criteria in § 82-13C(1).
A certificate from a licensed professional engineer or architect that the nonresidential floodproofed structure will meet the floodproofing criteria in § 82-14B.
Construction stage. Upon placement of the lowest floor or floodproofing by whatever means, it shall be the duty of the permit holder to submit to the local administrator a certificate of the as-built elevation of the lowest floor or floodproofed elevation in relation to mean sea level. The elevation certificate shall be prepared by or under the direct supervision of a licensed land surveyor or professional engineer and certified by the same. When floodproofing is utilized for a particular building, the floodproofing certificate shall be prepared by or under the direct supervision of a licensed professional engineer or architect and certified by the same. Any further work undertaken prior to submission and approval of the certificate shall be at the permit holder's risk. The local administrator shall review all data submitted. Deficiencies detected shall be cause to issue a stop-work order for the project unless immediately corrected.
Duties of the local administrator shall include but not be limited to:
Review all development permit applications to determine if the proposed development adversely affects the area of special flood hazard. For the purposes of this chapter, "adversely affects" mean physical damage to adjacent properties. A hydraulic engineering study may be required of the applicant for this purpose.
Review all development permits for compliance with the provisions of § 82-13E, Encroachments.
Use of other base flood and floodway data. When base flood elevation data has not been provided in accordance with § 82-6, Basis for establishing areas of special flood hazard, the local administrator shall obtain, review and reasonably utilize any base flood elevation and floodway data available from a federal, state or other source, including data developed pursuant to § 82-13D(4), in order to administer § 82-14, Specific provisions for flood hazard reduction and § 82-15, Floodways.
Obtain and record the actual elevation, in relation to mean sea level, of the lowest floor, including basement or cellar, of all new or substantially improved structures and whether or not the structure contains a basement or cellar.
Maintain the floodproofing certifications required in §§ 82-13 and 82-14.
Notify adjacent communities and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation prior to any alteration or relocation of a watercourse and submit evidence of such notification to the Regional Director, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Region II, 26 Federal Plaza, New York, New York, 10278.
Interpretation of FHBM, FIRM or FBFM boundaries.
The local administrator shall have the authority to make interpretations when there appears to be a conflict between the limits of the federally identified areas of special flood hazard and actual field conditions.
Base flood elevation data established pursuant to § 82-6 and/or § 82-12B, when available, shall be used to accurately delineate the areas of special flood hazard.
The local administrator shall use flood information from any other authoritative source, including historical data, to establish the limits of the areas of special flood hazard when base flood elevations are not available.
All floodplain development found ongoing without an approved permit shall be subject to the issuance of a stop-work order by the local administrator. Disregard of a stop-work order shall be subject to the penalties described in § 82-8.
All floodplain development found noncompliant with the provisions of this chapter and/or the conditions of the approved permit shall be subject to the issuance of a stop-work order by the local administrator. Disregard of a stop-work order shall be subject to the penalties described in § 82-8.
Inspections. The local administrator and/or the developer's engineer or architect shall make periodic inspections at appropriate times throughout the period of construction in order to monitor compliance with permit conditions and enable said inspector to certify that the development is in compliance with the requirements of this chapter.
It shall be unlawful to use or occupy or to permit the use or occupancy of any building or premises, or both, or part thereof hereafter created, erected, changed, converted or wholly or partly altered or enlarged in its use or structure until a certificate of compliance has been issued by the local administrator stating that the building or land conforms to the requirements of either the development permit or the approved variance.
All other development occurring within the areas of special flood hazard will have, upon completion, a certificate of compliance issued by the local administrator.
All certificates shall be based upon the inspections conducted subject to § 82-12G and/or any certified elevations, hydraulic information, floodproofing, anchoring requirements or encroachment analysis which may have been required as a condition of the approved permit.
In all areas of special flood hazard, the following standards are required:
All manufactured homes shall be installed using methods and practices which minimize flood damage. Manufactured homes must be elevated and anchored to resist flotation, collapse or lateral movement. Methods of anchoring may include but are not to be limited to use of over-the-top or frame ties to ground anchors. This requirement is in addition to applicable state and local anchoring requirements for resisting wind forces.
All subdivision proposals shall have public utilities and facilities such as sewer, gas, electrical and water systems located and constructed to minimize flood damage.
All proposed development in riverine situations where no flood elevation data is available (unnumbered A Zones) shall be analyzed to determine the effects on the flood-carrying capacity of the areas of special flood hazard set forth in § 82-12A(3). This may require the submission of additional technical data to assist in the determination.
In all areas of special flood hazard in which base flood elevation data is available pursuant to § 82-12B or 82-13D(4) and no floodway has been determined, the cumulative effects of any proposed development, when combined with all other existing and anticipated development, shall not increase the water surface elevation of the base flood more than one foot at any point.
In all areas of special flood hazard where floodway data is provided or available pursuant to § 82-12B, the requirements of § 82-15, Floodways, shall apply.
In all areas of special flood hazard where base flood elevation data has been provided as set forth in § 82-6, Basis for establishing areas of special flood hazard, and § 82-12B, Use of other base flood and floodway data, the following standards are required:
Nonresidential construction.
New construction and substantial improvements of any commercial, industrial or other nonresidential structure, together with attendant utility and sanitary facilities, shall either have the lowest floor, including basement or cellar, elevated to or above the base flood elevation or be floodproofed to the base flood level.
Openings may equipped with louvers, valves, screens or other coverings or devices, provided that they permit the automatic entry and exit of floodwaters.
A licensed professional engineer or architect shall develop and/or review structural design, specifications and plans for the construction and shall certify that the design and methods of construction are in accordance with accepted standards of practice to make the structure watertight with walls substantially impermeable to the passage of water, with structural components having the capability of resisting hydrostatic and hydrodynamic loads and effects of buoyancy.
Construction standards for areas of special flood hazard without base flood elevations.
New construction or substantial improvements of structures, including manufactured homes, shall have the lowest floor (including basement) elevated at least two feet above the highest adjacent grade next to the proposed foundation of the structure.
Located within areas of special flood hazard are areas designated as floodways (see definition, § 82-4). The floodway is an extremely hazardous area due to high-velocity floodwaters carrying debris and posing additional threats from potential erosion forces. When floodway data is available for a particular site as provided by § 82-12B, all encroachments, including fill, new construction, substantial improvements and other development, are prohibited within the limits of the floodway unless a technical evaluation demonstrates that such encroachments shall not result in any increase in flood levels during the occurrence of the base flood discharge.
The Alexandria Bay Zoning Appeals Board, as established by the Village Board, shall hear and decide appeals and requests for variances from the requirements of this chapter.
The Alexandria Bay Zoning Appeals Board shall hear and decide appeals when it is alleged there is an error in any requirement, decision or determination made by the local administrator in the enforcement or administration of this chapter.
Those aggrieved by the decision of the Zoning Appeals Board may appeal such decision to the Supreme Court pursuant to Article 78 of the Civil Practice Law and Rules.
In passing upon such applications, the Zoning Appeals Board shall consider all technical evaluation, all relevant factors, standards specified in other sections of this chapter and:
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 § 82-16D and the purposes of this chapter, the Zoning Appeals Board may attach such conditions to the granting of variances as it deems necessary to further the purposes of this chapter.
Generally, variances may be issued for new construction and substantial improvements to be erected on a lot of one-half (1/2) acre or less in size contiguous to and surrounded by lots with existing structures constructed below the base flood level, provided that the items in § 82-16D(1) through D(12) have been fully considered. As the lot size increases beyond the one-half (1/2) acre, the technical justification required for issuing the variance increases.
Variances may be issued for the reconstruction, rehabilitation or restoration of structures and contributing structures listed on the National Register of Historic Places or the State Inventory of Historic Places without regard to the procedures set forth in this chapter.
A showing of good and sufficient cause.
A determination that failure to grant the variance would result in exceptional hardship to the applicant.
Any applicant to whom a variance is granted for a building with the lowest floor below the base flood elevation shall be given written notice that the cost of flood insurance will be commensurate with the increased risk.