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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 3-28 Alternative analysis.">
  <section prefix="§" num="3-28" heading="Alternative analysis.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Required for permit.">Before a permit may be issued for any allowed development in the Floodway, the applicant must prepare and submit to the Planning Department an alternative analysis in accordance with this section.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Scope of analysis.">The alternative analysis must demonstrate that:<para num="(1)">no reasonable alternative exists outside of the Floodway;</para>
      <para num="(2)">the encroachment in the Floodway is the minimum necessary;</para>
      <para num="(3)">the development will withstand a base flood without significant damage; and</para>
      <para num="(4)">on the basis of hydrologic and hydraulic analyses, prepared by a licensed professional engineer in accordance with the requirements of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Maryland Department of the Environment, the development:<para num="(i)">will not result in any increase in the base-flood elevation; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">will neither increase downstream or upstream flooding or erosion nor significantly contribute to debris.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 7, §5(b)(3)(3rd par.) and (3-a)</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">2000, art. 7, §3-27</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 88-188</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 92-134</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 11-516</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 14-208</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
