Long Hill Township City Zoning Code
§ LU-143.8
Methods of Reducing Flood Damage.
[Ord. No. 90-01 § 2]
In review of all applications pursuant to this section, the approving authority shall take all appropriate actions which seek the following methods of reducing flood damage:
a.
Restrict or prohibit uses which are dangerous to health, safety and property due to water, erosion, flood heights or velocities.
b.
Require that uses vulnerable to floods, including facilities which serve such uses, be protected against flood damage at the time of initial construction.
c.
Control the alteration of natural floodplains, stream channels and natural protective barriers, which are involved in the accommodation of floodwaters.
d.
Control filling, grading, dredging and other development which may increase flood heights and flood damage.
e.
Prevent or regulate the construction of flood barriers which will unnaturally divert floodwaters or which may increase flood hazards to other lands.