Solano County Municipal Code Art. III General Provisions

This ordinance shall apply to all special flood hazard areas within the jurisdiction of the County of Solano.

(Ord. No. 1427, §1)

The special flood hazard areas identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in a scientific and engineering report entitled “Flood Insurance Study, Solano County, California,” dated February 2, 1982, and subsequent revisions, along with accompanying Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) and Flood Boundary and Floodway Maps (FBFMs) February 2, 1982 and all subsequent amendments and/or revisions, are hereby adopted by reference and declared to be a part of this ordinance. This Flood Insurance Study is on file at the Office of Resource Management. This Flood Insurance Study and attendant mapping is the minimum area of applicability of this ordinance and may be supplemented by studies for other areas which allow implementation of this chapter and which are adopted by the board of supervisors.

(Ord. No. 1427, §1; Ord. No. 1700, §3)

No structure or land shall hereafter be constructed, located, extended, converted, or altered without full compliance with the terms of this chapter and other applicable regulations. Violations of the provisions of this chapter by failure to comply with any of its requirements (including violations of conditions and safeguards established in connection with conditions) shall constitute a misdemeanor. Nothing herein shall prevent the board of supervisors from taking such lawful action as is necessary to prevent or remedy any violation including, but not limited to, any civil action for injunctive relief.

(Ord. No. 1427, §1; Ord. No. 1700, §4)

This chapter is not intended to repeal, abrogate, or impair any existing easements, covenants, or deed restrictions. However, where this chapter and another ordinance, easement, covenant, or deed restriction conflict or overlap, whichever imposes the more stringent restrictions, shall prevail.

(Ord. No. 1427, §1)

In the interpretation and application of this chapter, all provisions shall be:

(a) Considered as minimum requirements;

(b) Liberally construed in favor of the board of supervisors; and

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

(Ord. No. 1427, §1)

The degree of flood protection required by this chapter is considered reasonable for regulatory purposes and is based on scientific and engineering considerations. Larger floods can and will occur on rare occasions. Flood heights may be increased by man-made or natural causes. This chapter does not imply that land outside the areas of special flood hazards or uses permitted within such areas will be free from flooding or flood damage. This chapter shall not create liability on the part of the County of Solano, any officer or employee thereof, the State of California or the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), for any flood damages that result from reliance on this chapter or any administrative decision lawfully made.

(Ord. No. 1427, §1; Ord. No. 1700, §5)

This chapter and the various parts thereof are hereby declared to be severable. Should any section of this chapter be declared by the courts to be unconstitutional or invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the chapter as a whole, or any portion thereof other than the section so declared to be unconstitutional or invalid.

(Ord. No. 1427, §1)