Ordinance
2, 2012
AN
ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 90 (FLOOD DAMAGE PREVENTION) OF THE CODE OF THE
BE IT ORDAINED by the Township Committee of
the Township of West Amwell, Hunterdon County, New
Jersey, that the following sections of Chapter 90 of the Code be amended and/or
replaced to read as follows:
Article III GENERAL
PROVISIONS
90-7A BASIS FOR ESTABLISHING THE AREAS OF
SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD
The
date of September 25, 2009 in both (1)
and (2) of this section is hereby
replaced with May 2, 2012.
Panels 34019C0339F, 34019C0402F, 34019C0404F, and 34019C0408F in (2) of this section is hereby replaced with
34019C0339G, 34019C0402G, 34019C0404G, and 34019C0408G, respectively.
Article V
PROVISIONS FOR FLOOD HAZARD REDUCTION
90-16A ANCHORING
(2)
All manufactured homes to be
placed or substantially improved shall be 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.
90-16C UTILITIES
(4)
For all new construction and
substantial improvements the electrical, heating, ventilation, plumbing and
air-conditioning equipment and other service facilities shall be designed
and/or located so as to prevent water from entering or accumulating within the
components during conditions of flooding.
90-17B NONRESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION is hereby replaced with the
following:
In
an Area of Special Flood Hazard, all new construction and substantial
improvement of any commercial, industrial or other nonresidential structure
shall have the lowest floor, including basement together with the attendant
utilities and sanitary facilities:
Either
(1) Elevated to the level of the base flood
elevation; and
(2) Within any AO zone on the
municipality’s DFIRM that all new construction
and
substantial improvement of any commercial, industrial or other
nonresidential
structure shall have the lowest floor, including basement,
elevated
above the highest adjacent grade at least as high as the depth number
specified in
feet (at least two feet if no depth number is specified). And,
require
adequate drainage paths around structures on slopes to guide
floodwaters
around and away from proposed structures;
or
(1) Be flood proofed so that below the base
flood level the structure is watertight
with walls
substantially impermeable to the passage of water;
(2) Have structural components capable of
resisting hydrostatic and
hydrodynamic
loads and effects of buoyancy; and,
(3) Be certified by a registered professional
engineer or architect that the design
and methods
of construction are in accordance with accept standards of
practice for
meeting the applicable provisions of this subsection. Such
certification
shall be provided to the official as set forth in section 90-
14C(2)(b).
ADOPTION
Upon adoption this Ordinance
will be incorporated into and become part of the Code of the
REPEALER
All Ordinance and parts of
Ordinances inconsistent with this Ordinance are hereby repealed.
EFFECTIVE DATE
This Ordinance
shall take effect after final adoption and publication according to the laws of
the State of New Jersey.
APPROVED
BY TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE
__________________________________
George
A. Fisher, Mayor
ATTEST:
________________________
Lora L. Olsen, RMC
Township Clerk
NOTICE OF PENDING ORDINANCE
The Ordinance published
herewith was introduced and passed on first reading at a meeting of the
governing body of the