Siskiyou County Municipal Code Art. 2 Applicability

These regulations, in conjunction with the building codes, provide minimum requirements for development located in flood hazard areas, including the subdivision of land and other developments; filling, grading and other site improvements; installation of utilities; placement and replacement of manufactured homes; placement of recreational vehicles; new construction and alterations, repair, reconstruction, rehabilitation or additions of existing buildings and structures; substantial improvement of existing buildings and structures, including repair of substantial damage; 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 codes; and flood control projects.

(Ord. No. 25-07, § I, 10-21-2025)

The Flood Insurance Study (FIS) for the County of Siskiyou, California and Incorporated Areas, dated January 19, 2011, and all subsequent amendments and revisions, and the accompanying Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), and all subsequent amendments and revisions to such maps, are hereby adopted by reference as part of these regulations and serve as the basis for establishing flood hazard areas as amended by subsequently issued Letters of Map Change (LOMAs, LOMR-Fs, LOMRs). Where the building 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 Siskiyou County Community Development Department.

(Ord. No. 25-07, § I, 10-21-2025)

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

(1) Considered as minimum requirements.

(2) Liberally construed in favor of the governing body.

(3) Deemed neither to limit nor repeal any other powers granted under state statutes.

(Ord. No. 25-07, § I, 10-21-2025)