[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township
of Morris as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
[Adopted 5-25-1977 by Ord. No. 19-77 (Ch. 49A, Art. I, of
the 1969 Code)]
A.Â
No person shall erect, construct, enlarge, alter, repair, improve,
move or demolish any building or structure without first obtaining
a flood insurance permit for each building or structure from the Township
Engineer, hereinafter designated the "responsible person."
B.Â
No man-made change to improved or unimproved real estate, including
but not limited to buildings or other structures, mining, dredging,
filling, grading, paving, excavation or drilling operation shall be
commenced until a separate permit has been obtained from the designated
responsible person for each change.
C.Â
No mobile home shall be placed on improved or unimproved real estate
without first obtaining a separate permit for each mobile home from
the responsible person.
A.Â
To obtain a permit, the applicant shall first file a permit application
on a form furnished for that purpose. The form must be completed and
submitted to the responsible person before the issuance of a permit
will be considered.
B.Â
The responsible person is appointed as the person responsible for
receiving applications and examining the plans and specifications
for the proposed construction or development.
C.Â
After reviewing the application, the responsible person shall require
any additional measures which are necessary to meet the minimum requirements
of this article.
The responsible person shall review proposed developments to
assure that all necessary permits have been received from those governmental
agencies from which approval is required by federal or state law,
including Section 404 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments
of 1972, 33 U.S.C. § 1344.
The responsible person shall review all permit applications
to determine whether proposed building sites will be reasonably safe
from flooding. If a proposed building site is in a flood-prone area,
all new construction and substantial improvements, including the placement
of prefabricated buildings and mobile homes, shall:
The responsible person shall review subdivision proposals and
other proposed new developments to determine whether such proposals
will be reasonably safe from flooding if a subdivision proposal or
other proposed new development is in a flood-prone area. Any such
proposals shall be reviewed to assure that:
A.Â
All such proposals are consistent with the need to minimize flood
damage within the flood-prone area.
B.Â
All public utilities and facilities, such as sewer, gas, electrical
and water systems, are located and constructed to minimize or eliminate
flood damage.
C.Â
Adequate drainage is provided to reduce exposure to flood hazards.
A.Â
The responsible person shall require within flood-prone areas new
and replacement water supply systems to be designed to minimize or
eliminate infiltration of floodwaters into the systems.
B.Â
The responsible person shall require within flood-prone areas:
(1)Â
New and replacement sanitary sewage systems to be designed to minimize
or eliminate infiltration of floodwaters into the systems and discharge
from the systems into floodwaters.
(2)Â
On-site waste disposal systems to be located to avoid impairment
to them or contamination from them during flooding.
A.Â
The responsible person shall require that all subdivision proposals
and other proposed new developments greater than 50 lots or five acres,
whichever is the lesser, include within such proposals base flood
elevation data.
B.Â
The responsible person shall obtain, review and reasonably utilize
any base flood elevation data available from a federal, state or other
source, until such other data has been provided by the Administrator
as criteria for requiring that:
(1)Â
All new construction and substantial improvements of residential
structures have the lowest floor, including basement, elevated to
or above the base flood level.
(2)Â
All new construction and substantial improvements of nonresidential
structures have the lowest floor, including basement, elevated or
floodproofed to or above the base flood level.
For the purpose of the determination of applicable flood insurance
risk premium rates within Zone A on a community's Flood Hazard
Boundary Map, the responsible person shall:
A.Â
Obtain or require the applicant to furnish the elevation in relation
to mean sea level of the lowest habitable floor, including basement,
of all new or substantially improved structures, and whether or not
such structures contain a basement.
B.Â
Obtain or require the applicant to furnish, if the structure has
been floodproofed, the elevation in relation to mean sea level to
which the structure was floodproofed.
C.Â
Maintain a record of all such information.
A.Â
The responsible person shall notify, in riverine situations, adjacent
communities and the State Coordinating Office prior to any alteration
or relocation of a watercourse and shall submit copies of such notification
to the Federal Insurance Administration.
B.Â
The responsible person shall assure that the flood-carrying capacity
within the altered or relocated portion of any watercourse is maintained.
The responsible person shall require that all mobile homes to
be placed within Zone A on the community's Flood Hazard Boundary
Map shall be anchored to resist flotation, collapse or lateral movement
by providing over-the-top and frame ties to ground anchors. Specific
requirements shall be that:
A.Â
Over-the-top ties be provided at each of the four corners of the
mobile home, with two additional ties per side at intermediate locations,
and mobile homes less than 50 feet long shall require one additional
tie per side.
B.Â
Frame ties be provided at each corner of the home, with five additional
ties per side at intermediate points, and mobile homes less than 50
feet long requiring four additional ties per side.
C.Â
All components of the anchoring system be capable of carrying a force
of 4,800 pounds.
D.Â
Any additions to the mobile home be similarly anchored.
The current Flood Hazard Boundary Map issued by the Federal
Insurance Administration for this community, and any officially published
revisions to this map, are adopted as the official map for the enforcement
of this article. Zone A on this map delineates the area within which
the requirements of this article will be enforced.
Unless specifically defined below, words or phrases used in
this document shall be interpreted so as to give them the same meanings
as they have in common usage and so as to give this document its most
reasonable application.
The flood having a one-percent chance of being equaled or
exceeded in any given year.
Any man-made change to improved or unimproved real estate,
including but not limited to buildings or other structures, mining,
dredging, filling, grading, paving, excavation or drilling operations.
A general and temporary condition of partial or complete
inundation of normally dry land areas from the overflow of inland
or tidal waters or the unusual and rapid accumulation or runoff of
surface waters from any source.
Any land area susceptible to being inundated by water from
any source. (See definition of "flood.")
Any combination of structural and nonstructural additions,
changes or adjustments to structures which reduce or eliminate flood
damage to real estate or improved real property, water and sanitary
facilities, structures and their contents.
Any floor usable for living purposes, which include working,
sleeping, eating, cooking or recreation or a combination thereof.
A floor used only for storage purposes is not a habitable floor.
A structure, transportable in one or more sections, which
is built on a permanent chassis and is designed to be used with or
without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities.
It does not include recreational vehicles or travel trailers. The
term includes but it is not limited to the definition of "mobile home"
as set forth in regulations governing the Mobile Home Safety and Construction
Standards Program [24 CFR 3282.7(a)].
Includes any individual or group of individuals, corporation,
partnership, association or any other entity, including state and
local governments and agencies.
Relating to, formed by or resembling a river (including tributaries),
stream, brook, etc.
For floodplain management purposes, a walled and roofed building
that is principally above ground, including a gas or liquid storage
tank, as well as a mobile home.
Any repair, reconstruction or improvement of a structure,
the cost of which equals or exceeds 50% of the market value of the
structure either before the improvement or repair is started or, if
the structure has been damaged and is being restored, before the damage
occurred. For the purposes of this definition, substantial improvement
is considered to occur when the first alteration of any wall, ceiling,
floor or other structural part of the building commences, whether
or not that alteration affects the external dimensions of the structure.
The term does not, however, include either any project for improvement
of a structure to comply with existing state or local health, sanitary
or safety code specifications which are solely necessary to assure
safe living conditions or any alteration of a structure listed on
the National Register of Historic Places or a state inventory of historic
places.
A grant of relief by a community from the terms of a floodplain
management regulation.
[Adopted 2-24-1988 by Ord. No. 1-88 (Ch. 49A, Art. II, of
the 1969 Code)]
A.Â
The provisions of 44 CFR 59 et seq., and more particularly Subpart
60.3 thereof, entitled "Floodplain Management Criteria for Floodprone
Areas," are hereby adopted by reference.
B.Â
A copy of the regulations above described are annexed hereto by reference.
C.Â
Two copies of the rules and regulations adopted by the Federal Emergency
Management Agency, as above described, have been placed on file in
the office of the Township Clerk and shall remain on file until final
action is taken on the within article so that the public at large
might view and examine the same.
D.Â
The Township of Morris adopts by reference the current Flood Insurance
Study, as well as the current Flood Insurance Rate Map, which map
identifies the coastal high hazard and flood hazard areas within the
Township.[1]
E.Â
The Township of Morris hereby designates the Township Engineer (local
coordinator) as the official of the Township of Morris responsible
for complying with the eligibility requirements set forth in 44 CFR
59.21 et seq.
