11-23-15 Agenda, Packet & Committee Meeting Notice

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Zone AO: Areas subject to inundation by one-percent annual chance shallow flooding(usually sheet flow on sloping terrain)where average depths are between one and three feet. Average flood depths derived from detailed hydraulic analyses are shown within this zone. Zone An: Areas subject to inundation by one-percent annual chance shallow flooding(usually areas of ponding)where average depths are between one and three feet. Average flood depths derived from detailed hydraulic analyses are shown within this zone. Zone AR: Areas that result from the decertification of a previously accredited flood protection system that is determined to be in the process of being restored to provide base flood protection. Zone A99: Areas subject to inundation by the one-percent annual chance flood event,but which will ultimately be protected upon completion of an under- construction Federal flood protection system. These are areas of special flood hazard where enough progress has been made on the construction of a protection system, such as dikes,dams, and levees,to consider it complete for insurance rating purposes. Zone A99 may only be used when the flood protection system has reached specified statutory progress toward completion. No base flood elevations or depths are shown. (2) Accessory structure (appurtenant structure)means a structure with a floor area 400 square feet or less that is located on the same parcel of property as the principal structure and the use of which is incidental to the use of the principal structure. Accessory structures should constitute a minimal initial investment, may not be used for human habitation, and be designed to have minimal flood damage potential. Examples of accessory structures are detached garages, carports, storage sheds,pole barns, and hay sheds. (3) Addition (to an existing structure)means any walled and roofed expansion to the perimeter of a structure in which the addition is connected by a common load- bearing wall other than a firewall. Any walled and roofed addition,which is connected by a firewall or is separated by independent perimeter load-bearing walls, is new construction. (4) Appeal means a request for a review of the floodplain administrator's interpretation of any provision of this Article. (5) Area of shallow flooding means a designated AO or Ali Zone on the 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. Such flooding is characterized by ponding or sheet flow.