5.11. FINDINGS FOR PROJECTS IN FLOOD HAZARD ZONES

[ADDED 01-12-2017]

Prior to approval of a development agreement; a discretionary permit or other discretionary entitlement, or a ministerial permit (e.g., grading or building permit) that would result in the construction of a new residence; a tentative map; or a parcel map for which a tentative map was not required for a subdivision; on property within the Flood Hazard Zone (FHZ) the appropriate authority must find, based on substantial evidence in the record, one of the following:

5.11.1.

The facilities of the State Plan of Flood Control of other flood management facilities protect the property to the Urban Level of Flood Protection (ULOP) in urban and urbanizing areas or the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) standard of flood protection in nonurbanized areas.

5.11.2.

The County has imposed conditions on the entitlement or permit that will protect the property to the ULOP in urban and urbanizing areas or the FEMA standard of flood protection in nonurbanized areas.

5.11.3.

The local flood management agency has made adequate progress on the construction of a flood protection system that will result in flood protection equal to or greater than the ULOP in urban or urbanizing areas by 2025.

5.11.4.

The property is in an undetermined risk area and has met the ULOP.

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