underline-strikeout version of the final draft ordinance - Pima County ...

For May 4, 2010 BOS HearingTHIS THE CLERK OF THE BOARD FORMAT!!!Chapter 16.24FLOODWAY REQUIREMENTSSections:16.24.010 Uses allowed in the floodway.16.24.020 Prohibited Limited and unallowable uses in a floodway.16.24.030 Flood control structures.16.24.040 Public right-of-way.16.24.050 Floodway appeals and variances.16.24.010Uses allowed in the floodway.Except as provided for in this chapter, no other use shall be allowed in any floodway. Thefollowing open space uses shall be permitted within a floodway to the extent that they are notprohibited by any provision of this title or any other title, law, or regulation; and provided theydo not require fill, excavation, structures, or the storage of materials or equipment:A. Agricultural uses including general farming, pasture, grazing, outdoor plant nurseries,horticulture, truck farming, sod farming, and wild crop harvesting;B. Industrial-commercial uses such as loading areas, airport landing strips, parking areas;C. Private and public recreational uses including golf courses, tennis courts, driving ranges,archery ranges, picnic grounds, parks, wildlife and nature preserves, game farms, shootingpreserves, target ranges, trap and skeet ranges, hunting and fishing areas, hiking and horsebackriding trails; andD. Accessory residential uses, including lawns, gardens, parking areas and play areas. (Ord. 2005FC-2 § 2 (part), 2005; Ord. 1999 FC-1 § 1 (part), 1999; Ord. 1988 FC-2 Art. 8 (A) 1988)16.24.020Limited and pProhibited uses in a floodway.No use shall be allowed which:A. Acting alone or in combination with existing or future uses creates a danger or hazard to lifeor property. In determining whether a use creates a danger or hazard to life or property, the ChiefEngineer may consider the hazard of the proposed use and impacts to adjacent structures. requirea certification, sealed by an Arizona registered professional civil engineer that the proposed usewill not result in any increase in the floodway elevations during the occurrence of the base flood,nor will the proposed useB. Ddiverts, retards, or obstructs the flow of regulatory flood waters;BC. Increases the floodwaybase flood elevations, as certified by an Arizona registered civilengineer;CD. Increases erosion potential upstream and/or downstream; andDE. Places a waste disposal-system wholly or partially in a floodway; orF. Requires the use of fill, excavation, structures or storage of materials or equipment for aperiod greater than 180 calendar days. (Ord. 2010 FC-1; Ord. 2005 FC-2 § 2 (part), 2005; Ord.1999 FC-1 § 1 (part), 1999; Ord. 1988 FC-2 Art. 8 (C), 1988)16.24.030Flood control structures.40