The provisions of this section shall be applicable in addition
to any other applicable provisions of this chapter or any other ordinance,
code or regulation of Latrobe.
A. Identification of activities requiring a special permit. In accordance
with the Pennsylvania Flood Plain Management Act and regulations adopted by the Department of the Community
Affairs as required by the Act, the following obstructions and activities
are permitted only by special permit, if located partially or entirely
within any identified floodplain area:
(1) The commencement of any of the following activities or the construction,
enlargement or expansion of any structure used or intended to be used
for any of the following activities:
(2) The commencement of or any construction of a new manufactured homes
park or manufactured homes subdivision, or substantial improvement
to an existing manufactured homes park or manufactured homes subdivision.
B. Placement requirements. Applicants for special permits shall provide
to the Floodplain Administrator of Latrobe five copies of the following
items:
(1) A written request, including a completed building permit application
form.
(2) A small-scale map showing the vicinity in which the proposed site
is located.
(3) A plan of the entire site, clearly and legibly drawn at a scale of
one inch being equal to 100 feet or less, showing the following:
(a)
North arrow, scale and date.
(b)
Topography based upon the North American Vertical Datum of 1988,
showing existing and proposed contours at intervals of two feet.
(c)
All property and plot lines, including dimensions, and the size
of the site expressed in acres or square feet.
(d)
The location of all existing streets, drives, other accessways
and parking areas, with information concerning widths, pavement types
and construction, and elevations.
(e)
The location of any existing bodies of water or watercourses,
buildings, structures and other public or private facilities, and
any other natural and man-made features affecting or affected by the
proposed activity or development.
(f)
The location of the floodplain boundary line, information and
spot elevations concerning the one-hundred-year flood elevations and
information concerning the flow of water including directions and
velocities.
(g)
The location of all proposed buildings, structures, utilities
and any other improvements.
(h)
Any other information that the municipality considers necessary
for adequate review of the application.
(4) Plans of all proposed buildings, structures and other improvements,
clearly and legibly drawn to suitable scale, showing the following:
(a)
Sufficiently detailed architectural or engineering drawings,
including floor plans, sections and exterior building elevations,
as appropriate.
(b)
For any proposed building, the elevation of the lowest floor
and, as required, the elevation of any other floor.
(c)
Complete information concerning flood depths, pressures, velocities,
impact and uplift forces and other factors associated with the one-hundred-year
flood.
(d)
Detailed information concerning any proposed floodproofing measures.
(e)
Cross-section drawings for all proposed streets, drives, other
accessways and parking areas showing all rights-or-way and pavement
widths.
(f)
Profile drawings for all proposed streets, drives, and vehicular
accessways, including existing and proposed grades.
(g)
Plans and profiles of all proposed sanitary and storm sewer
systems, water supply systems and any other utilities and facilities.
(5) The following data and documentation:
(a)
Certification from the applicant that the size upon which the
activity or development is proposed is an existing separate and single
parcel, owned by the applicant or the client he represents.
(b)
Certification from a registered professional engineer, architect
or landscape architect that the proposed construction has been adequately
designed to protect against damage from the one-hundred-year flood.
(c)
A statement, certified by a registered professional engineer,
architect, landscape architect or other qualified person who contains
a complete and accurate description of the nature and extent of pollution
that might possibly occur from the development during the course of
a one-hundred-year flood, including a statement concerning the effects
such pollution may have on human life.
(d)
A statement, certified by a registered professional engineer,
architect or landscape architect, which contains a complete and accurate
description of the effects the proposed development will have on one-hundred-year
flood elevations and flows.
(e)
A statement, certified by a registered professional engineer,
architect or landscape engineer, which contains a complete and accurate
description of the kinds and amounts of any loose buoyant materials
or debris that may possibly exist or be located on the site below
the one-hundred-year flood elevation, and the effects such materials
and debris may have on one-hundred-year flood elevations and flows.
(f)
The appropriate component of the Department of Environmental
Protection planning module for land development.
(g)
Where any excavation or grading is proposed, a plan meeting
the requirements of the Department of Environmental Protection to
implement and maintain erosion and sedimentation control.
(h)
Any other applicable permits such as, but not limited to, a
permit for any activity regulated by the Department under Section
302 of Act 1978-166.
(i)
An evacuation plan that fully explains the manner in which the
site will be safely evacuated before or during the course of a one-hundred-year
flood.
C. Application review process. Upon receipt of an application for a
special permit by the Floodplain Administrator of Latrobe, the following
procedures shall apply in addition to all other applicable permit
procedures that are already established:
(1) Within the three working days following receipt of the application,
a complete copy of the application and all accompanying documentation
shall be forwarded to the County Planning Commission by registered
or certified mail for its review and recommendations. Copies of the
application shall also be forwarded to the Latrobe Planning Commission
and Engineer for review and comment.
(2) If an application is received that is incomplete, Latrobe shall notify
the applicant, in writing, stating in what respects the application
is deficient.
(3) If Latrobe decides to disapprove an application, it shall notify
the applicant, in writing, of the reasons for the disapproval.
(4) If Latrobe approves an application, it shall file written notification,
together with the application and all pertinent information, with
the Department of Community Affairs, by registered mail, within five
workings days after the decision made by Latrobe.
(5) Before issuing the special permit, Latrobe shall allow the Department
of Community Affairs 30 days after receipt of the notification by
the Department to review the application and the decision made by
Latrobe.
(6) If Latrobe does not receive any communication from the Department
of Community Affairs during the thirty-day review period, it may issue
a special permit to the applicant.
(7) If the Department of Community Affairs should decide to disapprove
an application, it shall notify Latrobe and the applicant in writing
of the reasons for the disapproval and Latrobe shall not issue the
special permit.
D. Technical requirements for development requiring a special permit.
In addition to any other applicable requirements, the following provisions
shall also apply to the activities requiring a special permit.
(1) No application for a special permit shall be approved unless it can
be determined that the structure or activity will be located, constructed
and maintained in a manner which will:
(a)
Fully protect the health and safety of the general public and
any occupants of the structure. At a minimum, all new structures shall
be designed, located and constructed so that:
[1]
The structure will survive inundation by waters of the one-hundred-year
flood without any lateral movement or damage to either the structure
itself or any of its equipment or contents below the one-hundred-year
flood elevation.
[2]
The lowest floor elevation, including basement, will be at least
1 1/2 feet above the one-hundred-year flood elevation.
[3]
The occupants of the structure can remain inside for an indefinite
period of time and be safely evacuated at any time during the one-hundred-year
flood.
(b)
Prevent any significant possibility of pollution, increased
flood levels or flows or debris endangering life and property.
(2) All hydrologic and hydraulic analysis shall be undertaken only by
a professional engineer or others of demonstrated qualification who
shall certify that the technical methods used correctly reflect currently
accepted technical concepts. Studies, analyses, computations, reports
and other written materials shall be submitted in sufficient detail
to allow a thorough technical review by Latrobe and the Department
of Community Affairs.
E. Except for a possible modification of the freeboard requirements
involved, no variance shall be granted for any of the other requirements
of this section.
The provisions of this section shall be in addition to any other
applicable provisions of this chapter or any other ordinance, code
or regulation of Latrobe.
A. In accordance with the Pennsylvania Flood Plain Management Act and the regulations adopted by the Department of Community
Affairs as required by the Act, any new or substantially improved
structure which will be used for the production or storage of any
of the following dangerous materials or substances, will be used for
any activity requiring the maintenance of a supply of more than 550
gallons, or other comparable volume, of any of the following dangerous
materials or substances on the premises or will involve the production,
storage or use of any amount of radioactive substances shall be subject
to the provisions of this section in addition to all other applicable
provisions. The following list of material and substances are considered
dangerous to human life:
Acetone
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Ammonia
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Benzene
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Calcium carbide
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Carbon disulfide
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Celluloid
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Chlorine
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Hydrochloric acid
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Hydrocyanic acid
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Magnesium
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Nitric acid and oxides of nitrogen
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Pesticides (including insecticides, fungicides, and rodenticides)
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Petroleum products (gasoline, fuel oil, etc.)
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Phosphorus
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Potassium
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Radioactive substances, insofar as such substances are not otherwise
regulated
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Sodium
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Sulphur and sulphur products
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B. Within the Floodway (FW) Area, any structure of the kind described in Subsection
A of this section shall be prohibited.
C. Within FF or FA Areas.
(1) Where permitted within any Flood-Fringe (FF) Area or General Floodplain (FA) Area, any structure of the kind described in Subsection
A of this section shall be elevated or designed and constructed to remain completely dry up to at least 1 1/2 feet above the one-hundred-year flood and designed to prevent pollution from the structure or activity during the course of a one-hundred-year flood.
(2) Any such structure or part thereof that will be built below the regulatory
flood elevation shall be designated and constructed in accordance
with the standards for completely dry floodproofing contained in the
publication Flood-Proofing Regulations (United States Army Corps of
Engineers, June 1972), or with some other equivalent watertight standard.
D. Except for a possible modification of the freeboard requirements
involved, no variance shall be granted for any of the other requirements
of this section.