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Township of Upper Hanover, PA
Montgomery County
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Only those uses listed in the FPC Floodplain Conservation Overlay District of the Township Zoning Ordinance[1] as may be amended from time to time shall be allowed within the identified floodplain area.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 500, Zoning, Art. XX, FPC Floodplain Conservation Overlay District.
Those uses listed in the FPC Floodplain Conservation Overlay District of the Township Zoning Ordinance[1] as may be amended from time to time shall be prohibited within the identified floodplain area.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 500, Zoning, Art. XX, FPC Floodplain Conservation Overlay District.
Only those uses listed in the FPC Floodplain Conservation Overlay District of the Township Zoning Ordinance[1] as may be amended from time to time shall be allowed by conditional use within the identified floodplain area.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 500, Zoning, Art. XX, FPC Floodplain Conservation Overlay District.
The provisions of this chapter do not require any changes or improvements to be made to lawfully existing structures or uses. However, when an improvement is made to any existing structure, the provisions of § 240-17 of this chapter and Article VII of the Township Zoning Ordinance[1] shall apply.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 500, Zoning.
The following provisions shall apply whenever any improvement is made to an existing structure located within any Floodplain Conservation District:
A. 
No expansion or enlargement of an existing structure shall be allowed within any floodway area that would cause any increase in the elevation of the base flood elevation.
B. 
No expansion or enlargement of an existing structure shall be allowed within any AE Area/District with floodway, as defined in § 240-9B, that would, together with all other existing and anticipated development, increase the BFE more than one foot at any point.
C. 
No expansion or enlargement of an existing structure shall be undertaken in the direction of the streambank.
D. 
Any modification, alteration, reconstruction, or improvement, of any kind to an existing structure, to an extent or amount of 50% or more of its market value, shall constitute a substantial improvement and shall be undertaken only in full compliance with the provisions of this chapter.
E. 
Historic structures undergoing repair or rehabilitation that would constitute a substantial improvement as defined in this chapter must comply with all ordinance requirements that do not preclude the structure's continued designation as an historic structure. Documentation that a specific ordinance requirement will cause removal of the structure from the National Register of Historic Places or the State Inventory of Historic Places must be obtained from the Secretary of the Interior or the State Historic Preservation Officer. Any exemption from the ordinance requirements will be the minimum necessary to preserve the historic character and design of the structure.
F. 
The above activity shall also address the requirements of the latest adopted Pennsylvania versions of the International Building Code and International Residential Code as amended.
G. 
Any modification, alteration, reconstruction, or improvement of any kind that meets the definition of "repetitive loss" shall be undertaken only in full compliance with the provisions of this chapter.