Plumas County Municipal Code Art. 35 Flood Plain Combining Zone (fp)

The purpose of the Flood Plain Combining Zone (FP) is to regulate development to achieve reasonable safety from flood hazards.

(§ 3, Ord. 84-593, eff. January 3, 1985)

(a) The following uses shall be permitted in the primary flood hazard areas of the Flood Plain Combining Zone (FP), subject also to conformance with the provisions of Chapter 17 of Title 8 of this Code:

(1) No buildings; and

(2) Permit alterations, channelization, diversion, or land filling for the protection of existing uses, subject to the provisions of Chapter 17 of Title 8 of this Code.

(b) The following uses shall be permitted in the secondary flood hazard areas:

(1) No habitable structures; and

(2) Permit alterations, channelization, diversion, or land filling where such changes will not adversely alter off-site historical flood patterns where such alterations are necessary to accommodate nonhabitable structures and for the protection of existing uses.

(c) The following uses shall be permitted in 100-year flood hazard areas that are not a primary flood hazard area nor a secondary flood hazard area:

(1) The uses permitted by the zone with which the Flood Plain Combining Zone (FP) is combined.

(§ 3, Ord. 84-593, eff. January 3, 1985, as amended by § 2, Ord. 88-700, eff. September 1, 1988, and § 7 (Exh. A), Ord. 98-902, eff. September 10, 1998)