Title 15 BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION
Chapter 15.28 FLOOD DAMAGE PREVENTION
15.28.090 Rules for interpretation of floodplain district boundaries.
The boundaries of the one-hundred-year floodway shall be
determined by scaling distances on the official floodplain maps and using the
floodway data table contained in the Flood Insurance Study Report. The maps may
be used as a guide for determining the one-hundred-year floodplain boundary, but
the exact location of the floodplain boundary shall be determined where the base
flood elevation intersects the natural ground. For unnumbered A Zones and AO
Zone floodplains, where there is a conflict between a mapped floodplain boundary
and actual field conditions, the floodplain administrator may interpret the
location of the one-hundred-year floodplain boundary based on field conditions
or available historical flood information. (Ord. 576 § 4(D),
1994)