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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 3-12 Fill.">
  <section prefix="§" num="3-12" heading="Fill.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">
      <para num="(1)">In the Coastal High Hazard Area:<para num="(i)">fill is prohibited for structural support; but</para>
        <para num="(ii)">placement of nonstructural fill is allowed to the extent provided in this section and in ASCE 24, § 4.5.4 {“Use of Fill”}.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)">In the Coastal Floodplain:<para num="(i)">fill material must meet the requirements of this section; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">structural fill must comply with all applicable provisions of ASCE 24.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Maximum fill amount.">The placement of more than 600 cubic yards of fill per acre in the floodplain is prohibited except by variance.</para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Required alternate consideration.">
      <para num="(1)">Elevating a structure by other methods must be considered unless 600 cubic yards or less of fill are required.</para>
      <para num="(2)">An applicant must demonstrate that:<para num="(i)">fill is the only alternative to raising the structure to at least the flood- protection elevation; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">the amount of fill used will not affect the flood storage capacity or increase flooding onto neighboring properties.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Affect on adjacent properties.">Fill may be used only to the extent to which it does not adversely affect adjacent properties.</para>
    <para num="(e)" heading="Materials.">
      <para num="(1)">Fill may consist of soil or rock materials only.</para>
      <para num="(2)">Landfills, dumps, and sanitary soil fills are not permitted.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(f)" heading="Compacting standards.">Fill material must be compacted in accordance with the standard proctor test method issued by the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM Standard D-698) to provide the necessary stability and resistance to erosion, scouring, or settling.</para>
    <para num="(g)" heading="Slopes.">Fill slopes may be no steeper than 1 vertical to 2 horizontal, unless substantiating data justifying steeper slopes are submitted to and approved by the Department of Public Works.</para>
    <para num="(h)" heading="Hydrologic and hydraulic analyses.">
      <para num="(1)">If structures on adjacent properties are known or determined to be subject to flooding under current conditions, the Floodplain Manager may require submission of hydrologic and hydraulic analyses to adequately demonstrate the effects of the proposed fill.</para>
      <para num="(2)">A hydrologic and hydraulic analysis requirement does not apply to projects located in the Coastal Floodplain or tidal portion of the Flood Resilience Area.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 7, §5(a)(12)</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">2000, art. 7, §3-12</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 88-188</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 92-134</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 14-208</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 21-020</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
