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Ringwood City Zoning Code

§ 40-7.2

Flood Hazard Area or Zone.

[1985 Code § 22-6.5]
a. 
No permanent structure or building or any enlargement of a permanent structure or building shall be permitted in a floodway or within the flood hazard area.
b. 
Within a designated floodway or flood hazard area, no filling, grading, dredging, or other development shall be permitted.
c. 
The applicable required rear or side yard setbacks in a flood hazard area for Burnt Meadow Brook and West Brook shall be 100 feet from the floodway or 50 feet from the flood hazard area, whichever is greater.
d. 
For all other streams with flood hazard designations, the applicable required rear or side yard setbacks shall be 50 feet from the floodway or 25 feet from the flood hazard area, whichever is greater.
e. 
For lots with detention/retention basins, the applicable required rear or side yard setbacks shall be measured from the limits of the detention/retention basin.
f. 
For lots with wetland areas, the applicable required rear or side yard setbacks shall be measured from the wetland limits.