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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 3-35 Coastal High Hazard Area.">
  <section prefix="§" num="3-35" heading="Coastal High Hazard Area.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">In the Coastal High Hazard Area (Zones V and VE):<para num="(1)">the regulations of this section apply; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">except as otherwise provided in this Division I, the regulations specified in ASCE 24, § 4.0 {“Coastal High Hazard Areas and Coastal a Zones”} also apply.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Land below base flood level.">No land below the level of the base flood may be developed unless the new construction or substantial improvement:<para num="(1)">is located landward of the reach of mean high tide;</para>
      <para num="(2)">is elevated on adequately anchored pilings or columns to resist flotation, collapse, and lateral movement due to the effects of base-flood wind and water loads acting simultaneously on all building components, and the bottom of the lowest horizontal structural members of the lowest floor (excluding the pilings or columns) is elevated to at least the flood-protection elevation;</para>
      <para num="(3)">has been certified by a licensed professional engineer or professional architect that it is securely anchored to adequately anchored pilings or columns so as to withstand velocity waters and hurricane wave wash and that it will meet the requirements of item (2) of this subsection;</para>
      <para num="(4)">has no basement and has the space below the lowest floor free of obstructions (which space may not be used for human habitation, but may be used solely for parking, building access, or limited storage) and is constructed with breakaway walls, as that term is defined in ASCE 24, § 1.2 {“Definitions”}; and</para>
      <para num="(5)">does not utilize fill for structural support of structures.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Required showings.">No new development in the Coastal High Hazard Area may be permitted unless the applicant demonstrates that:<para num="(1)">the encroachment into the Coastal High Hazard Area is the minimum necessary;</para>
      <para num="(2)">the development will withstand, without damage, the wind and water loads attendant a base flood; and</para>
      <para num="(3)">the development will not create an additional hazard to existing structures.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Existing structures.">An existing nonconforming structure located on land below the level of the base flood may not be expanded, vertically, horizontally, or otherwise, unless:<para num="(1)">the foundation system is certified by a licensed professional engineer or professional architect as capable of supporting the existing structure and the proposed improvements during a base flood; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">all construction is in full compliance with this and all other applicable laws.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(e)" heading="Manufactured homes or buildings.">The placement of manufactured homes or buildings is strictly prohibited.</para>
    <para num="(f)" heading="Record management.">For all new construction and every substantially improved structure in the Coastal High Hazard Area, the developer must submit and the Floodplain Manager must maintain on file an elevation certificate that certifies the elevation of the bottom of the lowest horizontal structural member of the lowest floor.</para>
    <para num="(g)" heading="Recreational vehicles.">
      <para num="(1)">In this subsection, “recreational vehicle” has the meaning stated in &lt;cite data-path="|7|§3-19"&gt;§ 3-19 {“Recreational vehicles”} of this subtitle&lt;/cite&gt;.</para>
      <para num="(2)">In the Coastal High Hazard Area, recreational vehicles are prohibited.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 7, §5(e)</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">2000, art. 7, §3-33</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>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 14-283</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
