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~rdinance No . 258$
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 26
OF THE BUTTE COUNTY CODE
The Board o~ Supervisors o~ the County o~ Butte, S~ate of
Califoxni.a, DO ORDAIN as fol~.ows:
Section 1. That S~c~ion 2~-22 0~ the Butte County Code is
hereby amended ta read as ~ollaws:
Sec. 26-22. [Permits.]
{a} Perma.ts required. Wi~hin ~one A an ~he
offa.cial map, separate develapmen~ permits are
requzred for aJ.l new construct~.on, substantial
improven:~ents a~d other deve~opments, including the
placement of mar~ufactured horr~es.
{b) Applicati.an. To obtaa.n a permzt, the applicant
shall f~rs~ fi~.e an application the~ef ore in writing
on a forrr~ ~'urnished ~'or tha~ purpose by ~he department
of pub~ic woxks. Every s~ch application shall:
(~. ) Iden~if~r and describe the work ~o be covered b,y
the permi~ ~or which application is made.
(?) Describe the ~and on which ~he propased work is
to be done by Yo~, block, tract and house and
st~eet address, or similar descra.ption that
wi11 readily identify and d~finitely loca~te the
proposed bua.~ding or work.
(3} ~ndzcate the use or occupancy for which tk~e
proposed work is intended.
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(~} Be accompanied by plans and speci~icat~ons for
proposed construction.
(5) Be signed by the permit~ee ar h~s authorized
agent who may be required to submit ev~dence to
indica~e such authori~y.
(6) Within desagna~ed flood plane areas, be
accompan~ed by elevat~ons o~ ~he lowest floor
or in th~ case of ~loodproofed nonresidential
s~ructures, the elevation ~o which it has been
~loodproofed.
(7) Give s~ch other informatian as reasonab~y may
be required b~ the public wo~ks department.
(Ord. No. 2343, §~, 3-18-83).
Sec~ion 2. That Section 26-24 of the Butte County Code is
hereby amended to read as ~ollows:
Sec. 26-?4. [Same~Criteria ~or evalua~ion.]
The public ~orks departmen~, in reviewing a~~
applications for ~~w construc~ion, substantial
improvemen~s, pxefabrica~ed buildings, placement o~
manu~actured homes and ather development(s) (as
defined in section 26-29 of this article) will:
(A) Obtain, rev~ew and reasonably u~i~ize, i~
a~ai~able, any regulatory flood elevation data f~am
federal, state or other sources, until such other
data is provided by ~he Federal Tnsurance
Admin~stration ~n a~lood insurance s~udy; and
require, w~thin areas des~gnated as Zone A on the
o~fic~al map, that the ~ollowing performance
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standards are met:
(1) The lowest ~irst elevation (to
incl~de basement) o~ ~ew residen~ial
structur~s, be eleva~ed to or abo~e the
r~gulatory flood elevation.
{2) The ~owest eleva~ion (to include
basement o~ nonresidential structures} be
eYeva~ed or ~~ood-proofed ~o or above th~
xegula~ory ~~ood el~vation; [or together with
attendant utility and sanitaxy facili~ies,
shal~:
(i) be floadproo~ed so that below ~he base
flood elevatian ~h~ structure is
watertigh~ with walls substantially
impermeab~e ~o the passage o~ wa~er;
{ii) have structural components capable o~
xesisting hydrostatic and hydrodynamic
loads and effects o~ buoyancy; and
(iii) be certa~ied by a registered pro~essiona,l
enga.neer or archi~ec~ ~hat the d~sign. and
me~hods o~ constructa.on are in accordance
with accepted s~andards o~ prac~ice for
meeta.ng ~he prova.sions of this
paragxaph.
(B) Require the use of cons~ruction materia~.s and
u~ility equipment that are resista~t to flood
damage.
{C) Require the use of cons~ruction methods and
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prac~ices ~ha~ will minimize ~lood dam.a~e.
(D} Be designed or anchored to p~event the
f~o~a~io~, collapse or lateral movement of the
structure o~ portions o~ ~he struc~u~e due ~o
f~aoding.
(E} Assure that in regard ~o manufac~ured
homes, speci~ic anchoring r~q~iremen~s are:
(1) All manufactured homes a~d add~tio~s to
manu~actured homes shall be anchored to res~st
~~otation, collapse, or la~eral mov~ment by
one { 1. ) o~ ~he following r~e~hods :
(a) By providing an. anchax~i.ng system designed
~o withstand horizontal forces o~ ~zfteen
(15) pounds p~r square foot and uplift
~orces o~ na.ne ( 9) pounds per squ~.re
~oot; or
(b) By the anchoring o~ the unit's system,
desa.gned to be in compli.ance to the
d~partment o~ housing and deve~apment
manu#'actured home construc~ion
and sa~e~y standards. (Ord. No. 2343,
§1,3-1.8-83).
(F) Assure el~c~rical, heating, ven~iJ.ation,
p~umbing, and air condi~ioning equipment and
other service faci3.ities shal.l designed andJor
located so as to prevent wat~r ~rom en~ering
or accumula~ing within the components during
condztions o~ flooding.
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{G) Assure encroachments, zncluding fill, new
construc~ion, subs~antial improvements, and
other development sha~~ be prohibited in any
floodway unless a technical evalua~io~
demanstrates that ~he encraachme~ts wi11 not
result in any increase in flood 1eve~s during
the occ~rrence o~ the base f~ood discharge.
Sect~on 3. That Section 26-29 0~ the But~e Caunty Code is
hereby amended ~o read as fol~ows:
Sec. 26-29. Definitions.
Unless spec~fically de~ined below, words or phrases
~sed in this article sha~l be in~erpreted so as ta
g~ve ~hem the same meani~gs as they have ~n co~nmon
usage and so as to give this ar~icle i~s most
reasonable app~ications:
(1) Areas of special flood hazard: The land within a
community subject to a one (1) per cent or
greater chance of ~~oodang in any given year.
This Iand is identified as Zone ~ on the o~~ic~al
map .
(2} Development: Any man-mad~ cha~zge to improved or
unimproved real es~ate, including but no~ l.imited
to buildi.ngs or ather s~tructures, mining,
dredging, filling, grad~ng paving, e~cavata.on or
dr~~.lang operat~.ons.
{3} Flood: A temporary rise in stream's f1.ow or
state that res~~.ts in water over~Iowing its banks
and inundating areas adjacent to ~he chann~~, or
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an un~sual and rapid accumulatio~ o~ runo~f or
sur~ace waters ~rom any source.
(4} F~oodproofing: Any co~binat~on o~ s~ructural and
nonstruc~ura~ additions, chang~s or adjustments
ta structures, including utizaty and san~tary
facili~ies, which would pr~c~ude the ent~y o~
wate~. S~ructural componen~s shall have the
capabi~ity af resasting hyd~ostatic and
hydrodynamic loads and the ef~ect o~ buoyancy.
(5) Lowest Floor: The lowest floor of the lowest
enclosed area(~ncluding basement). An un~inished
or ~lood resista~t enclosur~, usab~e sole~.y for
pa,rking a~ vehicYes, buil.dzng access ar storage,
~n an area other than a basemen.t area, is nat
coz~sidered a building's lowest fl.oar, provided
~that such e~closure is not bui1~ so as to render
the structure in vi.ala~tion of thc applicable
non-elevation design requirer~ents of this
ordinance.
(6) Manufact~red home: A structure, transpor-~able
a.n one or more sections, whicYa is bui~~ on a
permanen~ chassis and designed to be used wa.th or
wi~hout a permanent foundation when connec~ed to
the required uti~.ita.es. Tt does not ~nclude
recreational. vehicles or travel traa.lers on site
far more than 180 days.
(7) Manu~ac~ured home pa~k (subdivision):
"Manu~actured home subdivis~.on" means a
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parcel {or con~iguous parc~ls} of ~and which has
b~~n div~ded into t~o (2) ar more lo~s ~ar rent
or sale and the placement of manu~actured homes.
{S) Regu~atory fload eleva~io~: The water surface
elevation af ~he one hundred-year flood.
(9) Structur~: ~ walled and roofed str~cture,
inc~uding a gas or Isquid storage tank tha~ is
principa~~y above the ground, ~ncluding but
without lim~tation to buildings, f actories,
sheds, cabins, manuf actured homes and other
s~milar uses.
(~0) Substan~ia~ zmprovement: "Substantial
improvemen~" means any repair, reconstruc~ian ar
~mpro^~er3ner~t of a str~xcture, the cos~ of which
equals or exceed fi~ty (50} per cent of the
market value of the structure either:
{a} Be~ore the improvement is star~ed; ar
(b) If ~he struc~ure has been damag~d and zs
being restored before the damage occurred.
For ~he purposes of this defi.ni~ion "subs~antial
improvement" is considered to occur when the
first alteration of any wal1, ceila.ng, floor or
other st~ucturaJ. part of the build~ng comm~nces,
whether or nat that a~tera,tion a~~ects
~he externa~. d~.mensions of the s~ructure. The
term does r~ot, ho~~vever, include any altera~ion to
comply ~uvitk~ exis~ing stat~ or local heal.th,
sanitary, building or sa~ety codes or regu~.ati.ans
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as we1~ as s~ructuxes listed in nat~anal or state
registers o~ h~s~oric places.
(11) One hundred-year ~lood: The condition of
fYaoding having a one (1) per cent chance af
annual occuxrence. {Ord. No. 2343, §1, 3-18-83)
Section 4. This ordinance is h~reby and i~ is declar~d to
b~ in ~ull force a~d e~fect from and after thirty (30) days after
the da~e o~ its passage, and be~ore the exp~ration o~ ~ifteen (15)
days after its passage, th~s ardinance sha1~ be published one with
the names a~ ~he members of the Board of Supervisors voting ~or and
against i~ in the Orov-~lle Merccary-Regis~er , a
newspaper published in the Coun~y o~ Butte, State o~ Cali~orn~.a.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by ~he Board of Supervisars of
the Coun~y of Butte, State o~ Ca~.ifarnia, on the 7th day o~
April , 1987, by the fo~lowing vote:
AYE 8: Super~isors F~l~.on, Vercurse a~d Chair polan
NOES : None
ABSENT: Supervisors McInturf and l~cLaughl~n
NOT VOTING: None
J.ANE O~AN, Chaa.r of ~he
But~e County Board of Supervisors
ATTEST:
MARTIN J. NICHOLS, Chief Administ~ative
Officer and Clerk of the Board
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BY ~
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