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Title 21

Placentia Municipal Code · 2026-07 edition · updated 2026-09-27 · Placentia

FLOOD PLAIN DISTRICT

Chapter 21.04 § 21.08.250. Floodplain or flood-prone
PURPOSE area.
§ 21.08.260. Floodplain administrator.
§ 21.04.010. Purpose. § 21.08.270. Floodplain management.
§ 21.04.020. Methods of reducing flood § 21.08.280. Floodplain management
losses. regulations.
§ 21.08.290. Flood protection system.
Chapter 21.08
DEFINITIONS
§ 21.08.300.
§ 21.08.310.
Floodproofing.
Floodway.
§ 21.08.010. Generally. § 21.08.320. Floodway encroachment
lines.
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21.08.020.
21.08.030.
21.08.040.
21.08.050.
21.08.060.
21.08.070.
21.08.080.
21.08.090.
21.08.100.
21.08.110.
21.08.120.
21.08.130.
21.08.140.
21.08.150.
Accessory use.
Alluvial fan.
Apex.
Appeal.
Area of special flood hazard.
Backfill.
Base flood.
Basement.
Building.
Critical feature.
Curvilinear line.
Development.
Encroachment.
Existing manufactured
§ 21.08.330.
§ 21.08.340.
§ 21.08.350.
§ 21.08.360.
§ 21.08.370.
§ 21.08.380.
§ 21.08.390.
§ 21.08.400.
§ 21.08.410.
§ 21.08.420.
§ 21.08.430.
§ 21.08.440.
§ 21.08.450.
Floodway fringe.
Fraud and victimization.
Freeboard.
Functionally dependent use.
Hardship.
Highest adjacent grade.
Historic structure.
Landfill.
Levee.
Levee system.
Lowest floor.
Manufactured home.
Manufactured home park or
subdivision.
§ 21.08.160. home park or subdivision.
Expansion to an existing
manufactured home park or
subdivision.
§ 21.08.460.
§ 21.08.470.
§ 21.08.480.
Map.
Mean sea level.
Minimum necessary.
§ 21.08.170. Fill. § 21.08.490. Mudslide.
§ 21.08.180. Fill material. § 21.08.500. New construction.
§ 21.08.190. Flood, flooding or flood
water.
§ 21.08.510. New manufactured home
park or subdivision.
§ 21.08.200. Flood elevation § 21.08.520. Obstruction.
determination. § 21.08.530. One hundred year flood.
§ 21.08.210. Flood elevation study. § 21.08.540. Principal structure.
§ 21.08.220. Flood Hazard Boundary § 21.08.550. Public safety and nuisances.
Map. § 21.08.560. Recreational vehicle.
§ 21.08.230. Flood Insurance Rate Map § 21.08.570. Regulatory floodway.
(FIRM). § 21.08.580. Riverine.
§ 21.08.240. Flood insurance study. § 21.08.590. Sheet flow area.

PLACENTIA CODE

§ 21.08.600. Special flood hazard area (SFHA). § 21.08.610. Start of construction. § 21.08.620. Structure. § 21.08.630. Substantial damage. § 21.08.640. Substantial improvement. § 21.08.650. Variance. § 21.08.660. Water surface elevation. § 21.08.670. Watercourse.

Chapter 21.16 ADMINISTRATION

  • § 21.16.010. Establishment of development permit.

  • § 21.16.020. Designation of the floodplain administrator.

  • § 21.16.030. Duties and responsibilities of the floodplain administrator.

  • Chapter 21.12

  • GENERAL PROVISIONS

  • § 21.12.010. Lands to which this title applies.

  • § 21.12.020. Basis for establishing the areas of special flood hazard.

  • § 21.12.030. Compliance. § 21.12.040. Abrogation and greater restrictions.

  • § 21.12.050. Interpretation. § 21.12.060. Warning and disclaimer of liability.

  • § 21.12.070. Severability.

  • Chapter 21.20

  • PROVISION FOR FLOOD HAZARD REDUCTION

  • § 21.20.010. Standards of construction. § 21.20.020. Standards for utilities. § 21.20.030. Standards for subdivisions. § 21.20.040. Standards for manufactured homes.

  • § 21.20.050. Standards for recreational vehicles.

  • § 21.20.060. Floodways. Chapter 21.24

  • VARIANCE PROCEDURE

  • § 21.24.010. Nature of variances. § 21.24.020. Appeal board. § 21.24.030. Conditions for variances.

Note: Prior ordinance history: Ords. 80-O-100 and 88-O-105.

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