Amending Articles 1,2,3 and 6 of Chapter 21 Zoning Ordinance Relative to Flood Plain Regulations

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12/15/77 ORDINANCE NO. 6 0 q--7 8 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING ARTICLES 1, 2, 3 and 6 OF CHAPTER 21 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, GENERALLY KNOWN AS THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, BY ADDING PROVISIONS RELATIVE TO FLOOD PLAIN REGULATIONS STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND INTENT The purpose and intent of this Ordinance is to minimize or eliminate existing or potential flood hazards by placing special requirements on new construction or substantial improvement to structures as well as the use of land located in .flood plain areas having special flood hazards. A study of the flood -prone areas within the corporate limits of the City of South Bend, Indiana, has been completed, identifying the flood plain, the floodway fringe areas of the St. Joseph River, Bowman Creek, Clyde Creek, and Phillips Ditch in conjunction with the National Flood Insurance Program. The City must adopt amendments to the Zoning Ordinance in order to maintain its eligibility to participate in the National Flood Insurance Program. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, as follows: SECTION I. Chapter 21, Article 1, Section 21 -1 of the Municipal Code of South Bend, Indiana, be amended by adding the following definitions: Sec. 21-1-(a) Federal Insurance Administration - for purposes of this (22.1) Ordinance, the administrative office for the National Flood Insurance Program. Sec. 21 -1 -(a) Flood a general and temporary condition of partial or (22.2) complete inundation of normally dry land resulting from the overflowing of a river, stream, or other body of water or the unusual and rapid accumulation of runoff surface waters; the collapse or subsidence of land along the shore of a lake or other body of water resulting from erosion or undermining caused by waves or currents exceeding anticipated cyclical levels or by an unusually high water level accompanied by a severe storm or other force of nature. For purposes of this Ordinance, the regulatory flood shall be the 100 -year flood. Sec. 21 -1 -(a) Flood hazard area - that portion of a flood plain which is (22.3) not adequately protected from flooding by means of dikes, levees, reservoirs, or other works approved by the Natural Resources Commission and which is subject to a one per cent 1% -chance of oo ing annually. Flood plain - the area adjoining a river or stream which has been or which may hereafter be flooded, so designated in the Flood Insurance Study of the City of South Bend, Indiana, prepared by Johnson & Anderson, for the Federal Insurance Administration.