Township of Montclair, NJ Flood Damage Prevention

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Township of Montclair, NJ

Essex County

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Table of Contents

Part I, Administrative Legislation
Ch 1 General Provisions
Ch 3 Administration of Government
Ch 7 Diversity Inclusion Program
Ch 8 Affirmative Action Requirements
Ch 11 Civil Rights Commission
Ch 15 Claims, Payment of
Ch 18 (Reserved)
Ch 20 Court
Ch 21 Discrimination
Ch 23 Education, Board of
Ch 25 Energy Aggregation
Ch 27 Fire Department
Ch 29 Housing Commission
Ch 29A Residential Dwelling Rental Relief Fund
Ch 31 Insurance Fund
Ch 40 Mutual Assistance
Ch 42 Native Vegetation
Ch 44 Officers and Employees
Ch 46 (Reserved)
Ch 48 Personnel Regulations
Ch 51 Police Department
Ch 51A Project Labor Agreements
Ch 52 Domestic Violence Intervention Team
Ch 53 Retirement
Ch 55 Salaries and Compensation
Ch 60 Urban Renewal
Part II, General Legislation
Ch 65 Affordable Housing
Ch 67 Air Conditioning and Refrigeration
Ch 71 Alarms, Burglar and Fire
Ch 74 Alcoholic Beverages
Ch 78 Amusements
Ch 82 Animals
Ch 83 Animal Shelter
Ch 86 Auctions and Auctioneers
Ch 88 Bamboo
Ch 90 Barbershops
Ch 93 Bicycles
Ch 96 Boardinghouses
Ch 100 Brush, Grass and Weeds
Ch 104 Buildings, Numbering of
Ch 108 Buildings, Unfit
Ch 110 Cannabis
Ch 117 Condominium and Cooperative Conversions
Ch 121 Construction Codes, Uniform
Ch 127 Disorderly Conduct
Ch 130 Drug-Free Zones
Ch 132 Employer Regulations
Ch 134 Environmental Hazards
Ch 136 Fees
Ch 140 Filming
Ch 144 Firearms and Weapons
Ch 148 Fire Hoses
Ch 153 Fire Prevention
Ch 157 Fire Safety Act Enforcement
Ch 161 Flood Damage Prevention
Ch 161 Art I Scope and Administration
§ 161-1 Title.
§ 161-2 Scope.
§ 161-3 Purposes and objectives.
§ 161-4 Coordination with building codes.
§ 161-5 Ordinary building maintenance and minor work.
§ 161-6 Warning.
§ 161-7 Other laws.
§ 161-8 Violations and penalties for noncompliance.
§ 161-8.1 Solid waste disposal in a flood hazard area.
§ 161-9 Abrogation and greater restrictions.
Ch 161 Art II Applicability
§ 161-10 General.
§ 161-11 Establishment of flood hazard areas.
§ 161-12 Establishing the local design flood elevation (LDFE).
Ch 161 Art III Duties and Powers of the Floodplain Administrator
§ 161-13 Floodplain Administrator designation.
§ 161-14 General.
§ 161-15 Coordination.
§ 161-16 Duties.
§ 161-17 Use of changed technical data.
§ 161-18 Other permits.
§ 161-19 Determination of local design flood elevations.
§ 161-20 Requirement to submit new technical data.
§ 161-21 Activities in riverine flood hazard areas.
§ 161-22 Floodway encroachment.
§ 161-22.1 Floodway revisions.
§ 161-23 Watercourse alteration.
§ 161-23.1 Engineering analysis.
§ 161-24 Alterations in coastal areas.
§ 161-25 Development in riparian zones.
§ 161-26 Substantial improvement and substantial damage determinations.
§ 161-27 Department records.
§ 161-28 Liability.
Ch 161 Art IV Permits
§ 161-29 Permits required.
§ 161-30 Application for permit.
§ 161-31 Validity of permit.
§ 161-32 Expiration.
§ 161-33 Suspension or revocation.
Ch 161 Art V Site Plans and Construction Documents
§ 161-34 Information for development in flood hazard areas.
§ 161-35 Information in flood hazard areas without base flood elevations (approximate Zone A).
§ 161-36 Analyses and certifications by a licensed professional engineer.
§ 161-37 Submission of additional data.
Ch 161 Art VI Inspections
§ 161-38 General.
§ 161-39 Inspections of development.
§ 161-40 Buildings and structures.
§ 161-41 Manufactured homes.
Ch 161 Art VII Variances
§ 161-42 General.
§ 161-43 Historic structures.
§ 161-44 Functionally dependent uses.
§ 161-45 Restrictions in floodways.
§ 161-46 Considerations.
§ 161-47 Conditions for issuance.
Ch 161 Art VIII Violations
§ 161-48 Violations.
§ 161-49 Authority.
§ 161-50 Unlawful continuance.
§ 161-51 Review period to correct violations.
Ch 161 Art IX Definitions
§ 161-52 General.
§ 161-53 Definitions.
Ch 161 Art X Subdivisions and Other Developments
§ 161-54 General.
§ 161-55 Subdivision requirements.
Ch 161 Art XI Site Improvement
§ 161-56 Encroachment in floodways.
§ 161-56.1 Prohibited in floodways.
§ 161-57 Sewer facilities.
§ 161-58 Water facilities.
§ 161-59 Storm drainage.
§ 161-60 Streets and sidewalks.
§ 161-61 Limitations on placement of fill.
§ 161-62 Hazardous materials.
Ch 161 Art XII Manufactured Homes
§ 161-63 General.
§ 161-64 Elevation.
§ 161-65 Foundations.
§ 161-66 Anchoring.
§ 161-67 Enclosures.
§ 161-68 Protection of mechanical equipment and outside appliances.
Ch 161 Art XIII Recreational Vehicles
§ 161-69 Placement prohibited.
§ 161-70 Temporary placement.
§ 161-71 Permanent placement.
Ch 161 Art XIV Tanks
§ 161-72 Tanks.
Ch 161 Art XV Other Development and Building Work
§ 161-73 General requirements for other development and building work.
§ 161-74 Requirements for habitable buildings and structures.
§ 161-75 Garages and accessory storage structures.
§ 161-76 Fences.
§ 161-77 Retaining walls, sidewalks, and driveways.
§ 161-78 Swimming pools.
§ 161-79 Roads and watercourse crossings.
Ch 161 Art XVI Temporary Structures and Temporary Storage
§ 161-80 Temporary structures.
§ 161-81 Temporary storage.
§ 161-82 Floodway encroachment.
Ch 161 Art XVII Utility and Miscellaneous Group U
§ 161-83 Utility and miscellaneous Group U.
§ 161-84 Flood loads.
§ 161-85 Elevation.
§ 161-86 Enclosures below base flood elevation.
§ 161-87 Flood-damage-resistant materials.
§ 161-88 Protection of mechanical, plumbing, and electrical systems.
Ch 163 Fund-Raising, Political
Ch 166 Games of Chance
Ch 170 Glue Sales and Head Shops
Ch 174 Graffiti
Ch 178 Handbills and Posters
Ch 182 Hazardous Substances
Ch 186 Health Standards
Ch 190 Housing
Ch 196 Jogging
Ch 200 Landscapers
Ch 202 Land Use Procedures
Ch 204 Library Property
Ch 207 Lighting
Ch 213 Multifamily Buildings
Ch 217 Noise
Ch 218 Nuisances
Ch 219 Leaf Blowers
Ch 220 Obscene Material
Ch 222 Parades and Processions
Ch 228 Parking
Ch 230 Parking Lots
Ch 234 Parks and Playgrounds
Ch 238 Peddling and Soliciting
Ch 241 Portable Storage Units
Ch 243 Precious Metals Dealers
Ch 247 Property Maintenance
Ch 249 Property, Vacant and Abandoned
Ch 251 Public Lands, Sale of
Ch 253 Public Recreational Bathing
Ch 256 Refrigerators, Abandoned
Ch 257 Rent Regulation
Ch 260 Roll-Off Containers and Dumpsters
Ch 264 Sales, Special
Ch 269 Sewers
Ch 270 Sewers, Storm
Ch 273 Shopping Carts
Ch 274 Shuttle Bus Service
Ch 276 Sidewalk Cafes
Ch 277 Signs
Ch 281 Site Plan Review
Ch 285 Skateboards
Ch 292 Solid Waste
Ch 293 Special Improvement Districts
Ch 294 Steep Slopes
Ch 295 Stormwater Control
Ch 297 Streets and Sidewalks
Ch 301 Subdivision of Land
Ch 305 Swimming Pools
Ch 309 Taxation
Ch 313 Taxicabs and Liveries
Ch 317 Telephones, Pay
Ch 320 Tobacco Products
Ch 322 Towing
Ch 324 Trees
Ch 326 Vehicles, Abandoned
Ch 327 Vehicles and Traffic
Ch 333 Vending Machines
Ch 337 Vendors, Mobile
Ch 341 Water
Ch 347 Zoning
Appendix
Ch A351 Cable Television Franchise
Disposition List
Ch DL Disposition List

Public Documents

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Chapter 161 Flood Damage Prevention

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[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Township of Montclair 4-25-2023 by Ord. No. O-23-15.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]

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Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed former Ch. 161, Flood Damage Prevention, adopted by the Council of the Township of Montclair 3-10-2020 by Ord. No. O-20-03.