TOWN OF GRANBY ZONING REGULATIONS TABLE OF CONTENTS

SECTION 8
SPECIAL REGULATIONS
Substantial Improvement: Means any combination of repairs, reconstruction,
alteration or improvements to a structure taking place within a 10 year period,
in which the cumulative cost equals or exceeds fifty (50) percent of the market
value of the structure. The market value of the structure should be (1) the
appraised value of the structure prior to the start of the initial repair or
improvement, or (2) in the case of damage, the value of the structure prior to
the damage occurring. For the purposes of this definition, "substantial
improvement" is considered to occur when the first alteration of any wall,
ceiling, floor or other structural part of the building commences, whether or not
that alteration affects the external dimensions of the structure. The term does
not, however, include any project for improvement of a structure required to
comply with existing health, sanitary or safety code specifications, which are
solely necessary to assure safe living conditions.
Variance: A grant of relief by a community from the terms of the floodplain
management Regulation that allows construction in a manner otherwise
prohibited and where specific enforcement would result in unnecessary
hardship.
Violation: Failure of a structure or other development to be fully compliant
with the community’s floodplain management Regulation. A structure or other
development without required permits, lowest floor elevation documentation,
flood-proofing certificates or required floodway encroachment calculations is
resumed to be in violation until such time as that documentation is provided.
Water Surface Elevation: The height, in relation to the National Geodetic
Vertical Datum (NGVD) of 1929 (or other datum, where specified), of floods of
various magnitudes and frequencies in the floodplains of coastal or riverine
areas.
8.18.7 GENERAL PROVISIONS
8.18.7.1 AREAS TO WHICH THIS REGULATION ALREADY APPLIES
This Regulation shall apply to all areas of special flood hazard within the
jurisdiction of the Town of Granby. The areas of special flood hazard identified
by the Federal Emergency Management Agency in its Flood Insurance Study
(FIS) for the Town of Granby dated September 26, 2008, with accompanying
Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM), dated September 26, 2008, and any
subsequent revisions thereto, are adopted by reference and declared to be a
part of this Regulation. Since mapping is legally adopted by reference into the
Regulation it must take precedence when more restrictive until such time as a
map amendment is obtained. This regulation shall also apply to any area
shown as Flood Zone on the Town of Granby Zoning Map. A Special Permit,
issued by the Planning and Zoning Commission shall be required in
conformance with the provisions of this Regulation prior to the commencement
of any development activities within the above areas.
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