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Seven Fields City Zoning Code

ARTICLE IV

Overlay Districts

§ 340-19 Floodplain and floodway district.

A. 
Establishment of districts.
[Amended 4-10-2023 by Ord. No. 86]
(1) 
The Zoning Map of the Borough includes the following overlay districts and context of any applicable one-hundred-year floodplain designations:
(a) 
Floodway (FW).
(b) 
Floodway Fringe (FF).
(c) 
General Floodplain Area (GFA).
(2) 
The boundaries of these districts shall coincide with the flood boundary and floodway shown on the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) effective August 2, 2018, as may be amended, as prepared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. No change in the boundaries of these districts shall be made unless approved by the properly designated federal agency which administers floodplain regulations. Furthermore, these zones shall be the same as those used under the administration of any Borough floodplain ordinance.
B. 
Regulations.
(1) 
All regulations established by Chapter 176, Floodplain Management, of this Code are hereby adopted as the regulations for this district. All other zoning regulations in effect for the underlying district shall also be applicable. In the case where the overlay and underlying regulations conflict, the most restrictive of the regulations shall apply.
(2) 
Any definitions specified in Chapter 176, Floodplain Management, of this Code shall apply in the administration of the floodplain district regulations and shall govern in the case of a conflict with any other definitions in this chapter.