SR0081147_MANURE MANAGMENET PLAN

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9-1605.13 any structure in FIRM Zone A or AO shall have the no higher than one(1)foot above grade.Openings may lowest floor, including the basement, elevated at least be equipped with screens,louvers,valves,or other louver- one(1)foot higher than the depth number specified in ings,or devices that permit automatic entry and exit of feet on the FIRM measured from the highest adjacent floodwaters. grade, or at least two (2) feet if no depth number is specified.Nonresidential structures may meet the stan- (e) Mobile Homes and Recreational Vebi- cles.Mobile homes and recreational vehicles shall meet dards in Subsection(c)below.Upon completion of the structure the elevation of the lowest floor,including the the standards in Section 9-1605.15. basement, shall be certified by a registered civil engi- (f) Accessory Buildings.Nonhabitable build- neer or licensed land surveyor. ings accessory to agriculture or accessory to residential (c) Floodproofmg:Non-Residential Construc- use may be constructed at ground level without a flood tion. Non-residential construction shall either be ele- variance.Permit applications for Accessory Structures vated in conformance with Subsection (a) or Subsec- will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis by the Flood- tion (b) above or, in the alternative, together with plain Administrator for compliance with applicable attendant utility and sanitary facilities,shall: FEMA Technical Bulletins. (1) Be floodproofed so that at least (1) The applicant shall provide evi- one (1) foot above the one hundred (100) year flood dence of recordation of a written notice that states that level,the structure is watertight with walls substantially the accessory building is constructed with the lowest impermeable to the passage of water; floor elevation below the regulatory flood elevation,is (2) Have structural components imper- not for habitable use and can be used solely for parking meable to the passage of water; or limited storage.Further,the cost of flood insurance (3) Have structural components capa- will be commensurate with the increased risk resulting ble of resisting hydrostatic and hydrodynamic loads from the reduced lowest floor elevation. The notice and effects of buoyancy;and shall be recorded with the office of the San Joaquin (4) Be certified by a registered civil en- County Recorder in such a manner to make it appear in gineer or registered architect as having satisfied the the chain of title of the affected parcel of land.For the standards of this subsection.Such certification shall be purposes of this Section,accessory buildings shall not provided to the Floodplain Administrator. include buildings used for commercial or industrial (d) Construction in Enclosed Areas Below purposes. Lowest Floor Level. In all new construction and sub- stantial improvements to existing structures in areas of (g) Aircraft Hangars. Aircraft hangars in special flood hazard, enclosed areas below the lowest FIRM Zone AO at the Stockton Metropolitan Airport floor, which are used solely for parking of vehicles, may be constructed in compliance with Variance VR- building access or storage in an area other than a 01-2. basement, and which are subject to flooding shall be (Ord.3675;3788;Ord.3872,§13, 1996;Ord.4149,§4, designed to automatically equalize hydrostatic flood 2002; Ord.4153,§4, 2002; Ord.4211, §4, 2004; Ord. forces on exterior walls by allowing for the entry and No.4488,§3, 10-11-2016) exit of floodwaters. Designs for meeting this require- ment shall be certified by a registered civil engineer or a 9-1605.13 FLOOD HAZARD REDUCTION: registered architect.As an alternative,said designs may UTILITIES. either have a minimum of two (2) openings having a total net area of not less than one(1)square inch for Utility systems shall comply with the following flood hazard reduction standards: every square foot of enclosed area subject to flooding, or be certified to comply with the County's floodproof- (a) Water and Sanitary Sewage Systems.All ing standard that has been approved by the Federal new and replacement water supply and sanitary sewage Insurance Administration. Said certification shall be systems shall be designed to minimize or eliminate provided to the building official. Any openings shown infiltration of flood waters into the system and dis- in said design shall have the bottom of such openings charge from systems into flood waters. 599 (San Joaquin County Supp.No.96,12-16)