Chapter 11.14 — FLOODPLAIN (FP) OVERLAY DISTRICT

The purpose of the Floodplain (FP) Overlay District is to promote public health, safety, and general welfare, and to minimize the loss of life and property due to flooding in areas of the County that have been determined to be subject to such an event. The FP Overlay District is also intended to:

(1)

Minimize expenditure of public money for costly flood control projects;

(2)

Minimize the need for rescue and relief efforts associated with flooding;

(3)

Minimize prolonged business interruptions;

(4)

Minimize flood damage to public facilities and utilities such as water and gas mains; electric, telephone, and sewer lines; and streets and bridges located in areas of special flood hazard;

(5)

Maintain a stable tax base by providing for the second use and development of areas of special flood hazard so as to minimize future flood blight areas;

(6)

Ensure that potential buyers are notified that property is in an area of special flood hazard;

(7)

Ensure that those who occupy the areas of special flood hazard assume responsibility for their actions; and

(8)

Maintain eligibility for state disaster relief.

(Ord. No. 1624)

The standards and regulations of this Chapter apply to all lands within areas of special flood hazard identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in the "Flood Insurance Study (FIS) for Yuba County, California" dated February 18, 2011 or subsequent versions currently effective, with accompanying Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM's) and Flood Boundary and Floodway Maps (FBFM's), dated May 17, 1982 or subsequent versions currently effective, and all subsequent amendments and/or revisions, are hereby adopted by reference and declared to be a part of this ordinance. In addition, the provisions of Chapter 11.14 of this Code applies to urban and urbanizing areas that have or are anticipated to have a population of 10,000 residents or more within ten years (baseline year is 2007) that also fall within a 200-year floodplain as delineated on the most current available maps from the State of California or as adopted by the County of Yuba.

This FIS and attendant mapping is the minimum area of applicability of this Chapter and may be supplemented by studies for other areas which allow implementation of this Chapter and which are recommended to the County of Yuba by the Floodplain Administrator.

(Ord. No. 1624)

All development in the FP Overlay District shall be in compliance with Chapter 10.30, Floodplain Management, of the Yuba County Ordinance Code. In addition, prior to approving a tentative map or parcel map located within a flood hazard zone, the decision-making authority shall make a finding that the flood management facilities protect the property to the urban level of flood protection in urban/urbanizing areas or to the National Federal Emergency Management Agency standard of flood protection in non-urbanized areas.

(Ord. No. 1624)

This section applies to those areas within the unincorporated portions of the County of Yuba that that have or are anticipated to have a population of 10,000 residents or more within ten years that also fall within either locations of undetermined flood risk or the 200-year floodplain as delineated on the most current available maps from the State of California or as adopted by the County of Yuba. Prior to issuing any discretionary permit or adopting any subdivision map, the County must find one of the following:

(1)

The facilities of the state plan of flood control or other flood management facilities protect the property to the urban level of flood protection. The urban level of flood protection shall be as defined in the California Government Code Section 65007(1);

(2)

Conditions imposed will protect the property to the urban level of flood protection; or

(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 urban level of flood. Adequate progress shall be as defined in California Government Code Section 65007(a).

(Ord. No. 1624)

CHAPTER 11.15 - NATIONAL POLLUTION DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES) OVERLAY DISTRICT.