Chapter 20.34
FREQUENTLY FLOODED AREAS
Sections:
20.34.010 Description and purpose.
20.34.020 Classification and designation.
20.34.030 General provisions, administration, provisions for flood hazard reduction.
20.34.010 Description and purpose.
It is the purpose of this chapter to promote the public health, safety, and general welfare, and to minimize public and private losses due to flood conditions in specific areas caused by flooding, while protecting the functions and values of the floodplains. In addition, this chapter will give special consideration to anadromous fish habitat in combination with Chapter 20.25 OHMC, Fish and Wildlife Habitat Conservation Areas. (Ord. 1801 § 51, 2018).
20.34.020 Classification and designation.
Frequently flooded areas are lands in the floodplain subject to at least a one percent or greater chance of flooding in any given year, or within areas subject to flooding due to high ground water. These areas include, but are not limited to, streams, rivers, lakes, coastal areas, wetlands, and areas where high ground water forms ponds on the ground surface (WAC 365-190-030(8)). Those frequently flooded areas (a.k.a. areas of special flood hazard) are identified by the Federal Insurance Administration in a scientific and engineering report entitled “The Flood Insurance Study of Island County and Incorporated Areas for the city of Oak Harbor” dated March 12, 2016, and any revisions thereto, with an accompanying Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM), dated March 7, 2017, and any revisions thereto. The best available information for flood hazard area identification as outlined in OHMC 17.20.150(2) shall be the basis for regulation until a new FIRM is issued that incorporates data utilized under OHMC 17.20.150(2). (Ord. 1801 § 51, 2018).
20.34.030 General provisions, administration, provisions for flood hazard reduction.
All general provisions, administration and provisions for flood hazard reduction are encompassed in Chapter 17.20 OHMC (Flood Damage Prevention). (Ord. 1801 § 51, 2018).