Alameda Municipal Code § 20-2 Applicability

These regulations, in conjunction with the Building Standards Code, provide minimum requirements for development located in flood hazard areas, including the subdivision of land; filling, grading and other site improvements; installation of utilities; installation, placement and replacement of manufactured homes; placement of recreational vehicles; installation of tanks; temporary structures and temporary or permanent storage; utility and miscellaneous Group U buildings and structures; certain building work exempt from permit under the Building Standards Code; and flood control projects.

(Ord. No. 3370 N.S., § 2, 5-21-2024)

The Flood Insurance Study for Alameda County, California and Incorporated Areas dated August 1, 1978, and all subsequent amendments and revisions, and the accompanying Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM), and all subsequent amendments and revisions to such maps, are hereby adopted by reference as a part of these regulations and serve as the basis for establishing flood hazard areas. Where the Building Standards Code establishes flood hazard areas, such areas are established by this section. Additional maps and studies, when specifically adopted, supplement the FIS and FIRMs to establish additional flood hazard areas. Maps and studies that establish flood hazard areas are on file at the City of Alameda Public Works Department, 950 W. Mall Square, Room 110, Alameda, CA.

(Ord. No. 3370 N.S., § 2, 5-21-2024)

In the interpretation and application of these regulations, all provisions shall be:

A. Considered as minimum requirements.

B. Liberally construed in favor of the city.

C. Deemed neither to limit nor repeal any other powers granted to the City under State statutes.

(Ord. No. 3370 N.S., § 2, 5-21-2024)