87-9185 Zoning Regulations(Published in The Salina Journal May I'S, 1987)
ORDINANCE NUMBER 87-9185
AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING MECHANICAL AND UTILITY EQUIPMENT
TO BE ELEVATED ABOVE THE BASE FLOOD ELEVATION OR DESIGNED SO AS
TO PREVENT WATER FROM ENTERING OR ACCUMULATING WITHIN THE
EQUIPMENT COMPONENTS; AMENDING SECTION 42-440 OF THE SALINA CODE
AND REPEALING THE EXISTING SECTION.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Governing Body of the City of Salina,
Kansas:
Section 1. That Section 42-440 of the Salina Code is hereby amended
to read as follows:
(f) That until a floodway has been designated, where
appropriate, no development, including landfill, may be
permitted within Zones Al -30 on the city's FIRM unless
the applicant for the land use has demonstrated that
the proposed use, when combined with all other existing
and reasonably anticipated uses, will not increase the
water surface elevation of the 100 -year flood more than
one (1 ) foot on the average cross section of the reach
in which the development or landfill is located as shown
on the Flood Insurance Rate Study, incorporated by
reference (Section 42-427(c) of this article);
"Sec. 42-440. Development standards.
New construction, subdivision proposals, substantial
improvements, prefabricated buildings, placement of
manufactured homes and other development shall require:
(a) Design or anchorage to prevent flotation, collapse or
lateral movement due to flooding;
(b) New or replacement water supply systems and/or
sanitary sewage systems be designed to minimize or
eliminate infiltration of flood waters into the systems
and discharges from the systems into flood waters, and
on-site waste disposal systems be located so as to avoid
impairment or contamination;
(c) New development and substantial improvements to:
(1) use construction materials and utility equipment
that are resistant to flood damage; and
(2) use construction methods and practices that will
minimize flood damage, consistent with economic
practicability.
(d) Electrical, heating, ventilation, plumbing, and air
conditioning equipment and other service facilities
be designed and/or located so as to prevent water from
entering or accumulating within components during
conditions of flooding.
(e) All utility and sanitary facilities be elevated to up to
the base flood protection elevation or floodproofed to
one foot above the base flood elevation;
(f) That until a floodway has been designated, where
appropriate, no development, including landfill, may be
permitted within Zones Al -30 on the city's FIRM unless
the applicant for the land use has demonstrated that
the proposed use, when combined with all other existing
and reasonably anticipated uses, will not increase the
water surface elevation of the 100 -year flood more than
one (1 ) foot on the average cross section of the reach
in which the development or landfill is located as shown
on the Flood Insurance Rate Study, incorporated by
reference (Section 42-427(c) of this article);
(g) Storage of material and equipment:
(1) The storage or processing of materials that are in
time of flooding buoyant, flammable, explosive, or
could be injurious to human, animal or plant life is
prohibited.
(2) Storage of other material or equipment may be
allowed if not subject to major damage by floods
and firmly anchored to prevent flotation or if
readily removable from the area within the time
available after flood warning.
(h) Subdivision proposals and other proposed new
development be required to assure that:
(1) all such proposals are consistent with the need to
minimize flood damage;
(2) all public utilities and facilities, such as sewer,
gas, electrical, and water systems are located,
elevated and constructed to minimize or eliminate
flood damage;
(3) adequate drainage is provided so as to reduce
exposure to flood hazards; and
(4) proposals for development of five (5) acres or fifty
(50) lots, whichever is lesser, include within such
proposals the base flood elevation."
Section 2. That the existing Section 42-440 of the Salina Code is
hereby repealed.
Section 3. That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from
and after its adoption and publication once in the official city newspaper.
Introduced: May 4, 1987
Passed: May 11, 1987
Stephen C. Ryan, ayor
[SEAL]
ATTEST:
Ntcse.J
D. L. Harrison, City Clerk