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ORDINANCE NO. 2003-006 AN ORDINANCE OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA REQUIRING ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, HEATING EQUIPMENT, VENTILATION EQUIPMENT, PLUMBING EQUIPMENT, AIR CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT AND OTHER SERVICE FACILITIES IN SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AREAS TO BE ELEVATED 0.5 FEET OR MORE ABOVE BASE FLOOD ELEVATION; AMENDING CHAPTER 930, STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AND FLOOD PROTECTION, OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS (LDRS); AND PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF CONFLICTING PROVISIONS, CODIFICATION, SEVERABILITY AND EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE INDIAN RIVER COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS THAT THE COUNTY LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS (LDRS) BE AMENDED AS FOLLOWS: 1. Chapter 930, Stormwater Management and Flood Protection, Subsection (2) of Section 930.07, Review Criteria for All Development Projects, is hereby amended to read as follows: "(2) Stormwater management and flood protection permit (Type B). When a development project is determined to be within a flood hazard zone according to the procedure set forth in 930.07(1)(s), a Type B permit shall be required and the project shall be reviewed under the criteria of section 930.07(1) and sections 930.07(2)(d) through 930.07(2)(k) and must meet the following additional criteria; (a) Zone A requirements. All proposed construction and other developments including the placement of manufactured homes, within Zone A on the FIRM shall require a permit. 2. All necessary permits from those governmental agencies from which approval is required by federal or state law, including Section 404 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972, 33 U.S.C. 1334, shall be provided prior to the time the proposed development is released by the community development department. The community development department shall review all permit applications to determine whether the proposed building sites will be reasonably safe from flooding. If a proposed building site is in a flood -prone area, all new construction and substantial improvements shall: a. Be designed or modified and adequately anchored to prevent floatation, collapse, or lateral movement of the structure resulting from hydrodynamic and hydrostatic loads, including the effects of buoyancy; b. Be constructed with materials resistant to flood damage for an T portion of the building ghat is elevated less than 0.5_6eet ibove_basc flood elevation, C, Be constructed by methods and practices that minimize flood damages, and; d. Be constructed with electrical equipment, heating equipment, ventilation 1 Coding: Words in stFike through are deletions from existing law. Words underlined are additions. \\Fileserver\Public\Community Development\Users\ROLAND\Miscellaneous\LDR\930.07 mech equip freeboard\930.07 LDR amd 011603.DOC