East Windsor City Zoning Code
§ 20-4.13
Building Provisions Along Watercourses.
The following uses and structures are permitted in the floodway and special flood hazard zones as such zones are defined pursuant to Section 22-24 of the Technical Standards Ordinance and the Flood Damage Prevention Code established thereunder.
a.
Floodway.
(1)
It shall be unlawful to erect, remodel, or alter any permanent structure, or to fill in, on any floodway district.
(2)
Agricultural uses in the nature of farming, grazing, livestock raising, horticulture, nurseries and forestry shall be permitted.
(3)
Recreational uses in the nature of parks, playgrounds, golf courses and golf driving ranges, boat landings and docks, picnic grounds, outdoor rifle and skeet shooting ranges, and transient amusement enterprises as circuses, rides and shows shall be permitted.
(4)
In no event shall any use be permitted pursuant to which persons would assemble in the zone regularly if those persons could not reasonably be expected to leave the zone within 30 minutes during a flood emergency without help from another person.
b.
Special flood hazard zones.
(1)
All uses in the floodway are permitted.
(2)
Structures for nonresidential uses, provided that these structures do not have a floor area in excess of 400 square feet.
(3)
In no event shall any use be permitted pursuant to which persons would assemble in the zone regularly if those persons could not reasonably be expected to leave the zone within 30 minutes during a flood emergency without help from another person.
In the event that any variance is granted to allow any use or structure such use or structure shall comply fully with all provisions of Flood Damage Prevention Code established pursuant to Section 22-24 of the Technical Standards Ordinance. |