Lake County Zoning Code § 36.6 Development standards

(a) Purpose: To provide additional protection to life and property in those areas adjacent to Clear Lake where wave action may result in property damage to structures and buildings; and to reduce flood insurance premiums by decreasing flood and wave action hazards.
(b) Applicability: The regulations of Section 36.6 shall apply to properties zoned “FF” and located at or below an elevation of one thousand three hundred thirty-four (1,334) feet national geodetic vertical datum, on the perimeter of Clear Lake.
(c) Floor level: All habitable floor levels shall have an elevation of three (3) feet above the water surface elevation of the one hundred (100) year flood as determined by the

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Federal Insurance Administration’s Flood Insurance Study (FIS) for Lake County (1,334 n.g.v.d.), adopted October 17, 1978, as amended, except as provided for in Section 36.6(d).

(d) Floor level reduction: The Planning Director may, after consultation with the Flood Control Director, reduce the required habitable floor level requirement of Section 36.6 to a minimum elevation of one (1) foot above the water surface elevation of the one hundred (100) year flood as determined on the Federal Insurance Administration’s Flood Insurance Study (FIS) for Lake County (1,332 n.g.v.d.) adopted October 17, 1978, as amended if one or more of the following findings can be made: (Ord. No. 1749, 7/7/1988)
- i. The proposed development will be protected from wave action by the construction of: bulkheads, sea walls; or berms, breakwaters or other structures.
- ii. Existing natural topography shields the site from wave action; or
- iii. Existing structures, buildings or vegetation shield the site from wave action.

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