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Town of Dayton, NY Flood Damage Prevention
§ 100-3 Objectives.
§ 100-4 Word usage and definitions.
§ 100-11 Establishment of development permit.
§ 100-12 Duties and responsibilities of local administrator.
§ 100-13 General standards.
§ 100-14 Specific standards.
§ 100-15 Floodways.
§ 100-16 Appeals Board.
§ 100-17 Conditions for variances.
Chapter 100 Flood Damage Prevention
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Dayton 4-14-1987 by L.L. No. 1-1987. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The Town Board of the Town of Dayton finds that the potential and/or actual damages from flooding and erosion may be a problem to the residents of the Town of Dayton 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.
The official report provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The report contains flood profiles as well as the Flood Boundary-Floodway Map and the water surface elevations of the base flood.
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 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.
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 § 100-12B of this chapter.
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. For manufactured homes the actual start means affixing of the manufactured home to its permanent site.
Any repair, reconstruction or improvement of a structure, the cost of which equals or exceeds 50% of the market value of the structure 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 Town of Dayton.
[Amended 3-24-1989 by L.L. No. 1-1989]
The areas of special flood hazard have been identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Flood Insurance Rate Maps enumerated on Map Index No. 360066B 01-13 dated May 24, 1984.
The above documents are, hereby, adopted and declared to be a part of this chapter and are filed at the Town Hall, Route 62, South Dayton, New York.
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 Town of Dayton 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 §§ 100-16 and 100-17 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 Town of Dayton, 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 Officer 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 area of special flood hazard as established in § 100-6. 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 fee for such application shall be as set from time to time by resolution of the Town Board.[1]
When required, a certificate from a licensed professional engineer or architect that the utility floodproofing will meet the criteria in § 100-13C(1).
Certificate from a licensed professional engineer or architect that the nonresidential floodproofed structure will meet the floodproofing criteria in § 100-14.
Review all development permits for compliance with the provisions of § 100-13E, Encroachments.
Use of other base flood and floodway data. When base flood elevation data has not been provided in accordance with § 100-6, 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 § 100-13D(4), in order to administer § 100-14, Specific standards, and § 100-15, Floodways.
Maintain the floodproofing certifications required in §§ 100-13 and 100-14.
Base flood elevation data established pursuant to § 100-6 and/or § 100-12B, when available, shall be used to accurately delineate the area of special flood hazard.
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 § 100-8 of this chapter.
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 § 100-8 of this chapter.
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 area of special flood hazard set forth in § 100-12A(3), Permit review. 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 § 100-12B or 100-13D(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 § 100-12B the requirements of § 100-15, Floodways, shall apply.
In all areas of special flood hazard where base flood elevation data has been provided as set forth in § 100-6, Basis for establishing areas of special flood hazard, and § 100-12B, Use of other base flood and floodway data, the following standards are required:
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 to or above the base flood elevation as may be determined in § 100-12B or two feet above the highest adjacent grade where no elevation data is available.
New construction or substantial improvements of structures, including manufactured homes, shall have the lowest floor (including basement) elevated to 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, § 100-4). 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 §§ 100-6 and 100-12B, 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 Zoning Board of Appeals as established by the Town of Dayton shall hear and decide appeals and requests for variances from the requirements of this chapter.
Generally, variances may be issued for new construction and substantial improvements to be erected on a lot of 1/2 acre or less in size contiguous to and surrounded by lots with existing structures constructed below the base flood level, provided that § 100-16D(1) through (12) have been fully considered. As the lot size increases beyond the 1/2 acre, the technical justification required for issuing the variance increases.