The following uses are permitted by right in any special flood hazard area in compliance with the requirements of this article:
A. 
Up to 1/2 of any required yard setback area on an individual residential lot may extend into the special flood hazard area.
B. 
Municipal parks, including paved paths, trails, courts and recreational accessories (including, but not limited to, backstops, goal cages and posts, benches, tables and signs), which shall be appropriately anchored to prevent flotation, collapse or lateral movement.
C. 
Open space uses that are primarily passive in character, including construction to establish such areas, shall be permitted to extend into the special flood hazard area, including:
(1) 
Wildlife sanctuaries, nature preserves, forest preserves, fishing areas, passive areas of public and private parklands, and reforestation.
(2) 
Stream bank stabilization.
(3) 
Floodplain restoration.
D. 
Forestry operations reviewed by the Lancaster County Conservation District.
E. 
Special flood hazard area crossings:
(1) 
Agricultural crossings by farm vehicles and livestock.
(2) 
Driveways serving one or two single-family detached dwelling units.
(3) 
Driveways serving more than two single-family detached dwelling units, or roadways, recreational trails, railroads and utilities.
F. 
Agricultural uses conducted in compliance with methods prescribed in the latest version of the Pennsylvania DEP's Erosion and Sediment Pollution Control Manual.
G. 
Public sewer and/or water lines and public utility transmission lines running along the corridor.
H. 
Development of elevated and floodproofed buildings on sites that have secured relief from liability from the Pennsylvania DEP under its Act 2 Land Recycling Program, except that no such development shall be permitted in the floodway. Such applications are not required to obtain a variance; however, they shall be required to meet the technical provisions of Article VI herein, the elevation and floodproofing requirements as stated in § 62-6.02 herein, and the design and construction standards as stated in § 62-6.03 herein.
Any use or activity not authorized within § 62-5.01 herein shall be prohibited within any special flood hazard area or riparian buffer area, and the following activities and facilities are specifically prohibited, except for as part of a redevelopment project in compliance with § 62-5.01 herein:
A. 
No new construction, alteration or improvement of buildings, manufactured homes and any other type of permanent structure, including fences, shall be permitted in the special flood hazard area, except structures necessary for a use permitted in § 62-5.01 and for improvements or alterations to an existing structure as permitted in Article VII herein.
B. 
No new construction, alteration or improvement of buildings and any other type of permanent structure, including fences, shall be permitted within a riparian buffer area.
C. 
Placement of fill within the special flood hazard area is prohibited, except as required for activities permitted by § 62-5.01 and Article VII herein.
D. 
No encroachment, alteration or improvement of any kind shall be made to any watercourse, except as permitted in § 62-5.01, and with appropriate approvals by Pennsylvania DEP Regional Office and the Lancaster County Conservation District.
E. 
Clearing of all, existing vegetation, except where such clearing is necessary to prepare land for a use permitted under § 62-5.01 herein, and where the effects of these actions are mitigated by reestablishment of vegetation. Use of fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides and/or other chemicals in excess of prescribed industry standards.
F. 
Roads or driveways, except where permitted as corridor crossings in compliance with § 62-5.01 herein.
G. 
Motor or wheeled vehicle traffic in any area not designed to accommodate adequately the type and volume.
H. 
Parking lots.
I. 
Any kind of outdoor storage of items or materials that would become buoyant in flood conditions. These shall include but not be limited to vehicles, trailers, tires, lumber, plastics and fiberglass.
J. 
Outdoor storage of any apparently abandoned material or vehicles that could be deemed to be landfill, dump and/or a junkyard or salvage operation, regardless of the materials or quantity associated with the accumulation.
K. 
Subsurface sewage disposal areas.
L. 
Sod farming.
M. 
Stormwater basins, including necessary berms and outfall facilities.
A. 
Benefit. It is the expressed intent of the Borough to permit floodplain restoration activities within the special flood hazard areas because of the multiple benefits that will be derived from such activities, including but not limited to enhanced conveyance of floodwaters, reduced depth of flooding, creation of wetlands, groundwater recharge, sediment and nutrient reduction in waterways, stormwater management, stabilized stream banks, stream quality enhancement, aquatic improvements and aesthetics.
B. 
Permitted activities. The following stream-restoration activities shall be permitted:
(1) 
Efforts to control erosion and sedimentation.
(2) 
Implementation of floodplain management techniques.
(3) 
Creation of groundwater recharge systems using natural features.
(4) 
Reattachment of the stream to the floodplain. (This effort may result in the removal of large amounts of sedimentation and embankments that have been deposited over a number of decades.)
(5) 
Placement of in-stream habitat structures to improve or provide fishery habitats.
(6) 
Ponds and/or created wetlands.
(7) 
Planting of riparian buffer.
(8) 
Removal of invasive species.
C. 
Permitted uses.
(1) 
Floodproofing and flood-hazard reduction measures and/or structures designed to protect existing buildings or other existing infrastructure.
(2) 
Water-oriented structures (excluding buildings); docks, piers, boat launch ramps, hatcheries, water-monitoring devices, etc.
D. 
Permitted uses, criteria for approval. The application package must demonstrate that the improvements that are proposed in conjunction with the floodplain restoration project proposal, design and implementation package will meet the following:
(1) 
That the proposed use(s) will not increase the height or frequency of flooding.
(2) 
That the improvement has been properly designed so as to withstand the maximum volume, velocity and force of any floodplain water and is floodproof and flotation-proof.
(3) 
That the use or structure will not create a health, safety or sanitation risk.
(4) 
That an adequate plan is in place to assure proper maintenance of the structure or use. (An escrow account may be required.)
(5) 
That the use or structure will not create or lead to a surface water or groundwater quality issue or problem.
E. 
Prohibited uses and activities.
(1) 
The outdoor storage of any apparently abandoned material or vehicles that could be deemed to be a landfill, dump and junkyard or salvage operation, regardless of the materials or quantity associated with the accumulation.
(2) 
The storage or accumulation of any cut brush, tree branches, grass clipping or other harvested product that would serve to divert the flow of floodwaters or which may float and migrate downstream during a flood event.
F. 
Approvals. Stream restoration work shall only be permitted following submission of studies and plans as may be necessary to obtain required permits from local, county, state and federal regulatory agencies, including but not limited to the Lancaster County Conservation District, Pennsylvania DEP, United States Army Corps of Engineers, FEMA, etc.
G. 
Letter of map revision. In certain cases, submissions may need to include submission to FEMA relative to the issuance of a letter of map revision based on the anticipated benefits of the project and the related changes to the existing flood map(s). In those cases, the Borough will cooperate with the applicant in the submission process. However, it will be the applicant's responsibility to provide, at its cost, all of the plans, reports and applications that are required for such filing.