KETCHIKAN GATEWAY BOROUGH PLANNING COMMISSION ...

KETCHIKAN GATEWAY BOROUGH CODE 17.05.030“Submission date” means the date on which a proposed preliminary or final plat is received by the planning department.“Surveyor” means a registered professional surveyor licensed by the state of Alaska.“Thread of a stream” means the line equidistant from the edge of the water on the two (2) sides of the stream atordinary low water.“Tidelands” means land seaward of the line of mean high tide.“Topographic map” means a plat of the surveyed subdivision or property showing the contours of the ground.“Tract” means an area of land within a subdivision which has been defined, but has not been designated by lot andblock numbers.“Vacation” means the act of making legally void any street, right-of-way, easement, public area or other area inwhich the public has an interest. [Ord. No. 1541, §6, 11-23-09; Ord. No. 1266, §1, 6-2-03; Ord. No. 1210, §§1.1,1.2, 4-15-02; Ord. No. 1103, §§1, 2, 6-21-99; Ord. No. 1068, §2, 6-15-98; Ord. No. 1032, §1, 5-19-97; Ord. No.987, §2, 3-4-96; Ord. No. 738, §1, 4-23-90; Ord. No. 711, §3, 9-18-89; Ord. No. 496, §4, 4-16-84; Ord. No. 350,§1, 4-7-80. Code 1974 §55.10.010.]17.05.030 Subdivisions within flood management area.(a) The planning commission serving as the platting authority shall deny permission to subdivide or develop landwithin those areas designated and depicted on the official flood insurance rate map as “special flood hazardareas” and “other flood areas,” hereinafter referred to collectively as “flood management area,” and as requiredin KGBC 17.15.050, unless and until the following requirements have been met:(1) The subdivision and development of the land is consistent with the need to minimize flood damages;(2) All public utilities and facilities, such as sewers, gas, electrical, and water systems are located, elevated,or constructed in such manner as to minimize or eliminate flood damage;(3) Adequate drainage is provided to reduce the exposure of structures, utilities, and facilities, to flood hazards;(4) The preliminary and final plats shall include the ground elevation at convenient reference points.(b)(c)(d)All new, replacement, or supplemental water supply systems and sanitary sewage systems, including on-sitesystems, shall be designed to minimize or eliminate infiltration of floodwaters into the systems or dischargesfrom the systems into floodwaters.All new, replacement, or supplemental public utilities, such as gas, electrical and telephone systems, shall bedesigned or constructed to eliminate disruptions due to flooding and associated hazards.In determining if the requirements of this section have been or are being fulfilled, the planning commissionserving as the platting authority shall consider the expressed intent of this title and state law as well as:(1) The danger of life and property due to the increased flood heights or velocities caused by subdivision fill,roads, and intended uses;(2) The danger that intended improvements, facilities, or uses may be swept onto other lands or downstreamto the injury of others;(3) The adequacy of proposed water supply and sanitation systems and the ability of these systems to preventdisease, contamination, and unsanitary conditions under flood conditions;17-7