<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 16.5-74. - Standards for streams without established base flood elevations and/or floodways.</div>
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               Located within the areas of special flood hazard established in <a href="" data-chunk-id="COOR_CH16.5FL_ARTIIFLDAPROR_DIV1GE_S16.5-31LAWHARAP" class="section-link" data-product-id="12650">section 16.5-31</a>, are small streams where no base flood data has been provided or where no floodways
               have been identified. The following provisions apply within such areas.
               
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                  (1)
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                  No encroachments, including fill, new construction, substantial improvements or new
                  development shall be permitted within the setback distance established by the stream
                  buffer overlay district or the watershed protection overlay district of the Durham
                  Zoning Ordinance, or 20 feet each side from top of bank, whichever is greater.
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                  (2)
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                  If subsection (1) above, is satisfied and base flood elevation data is available from
                  other sources, all new construction and substantial improvements within such areas
                  shall comply with all applicable flood hazard reduction provisions of division 3 and
                  shall be elevated with elevations established in accordance with <a href="" data-chunk-id="COOR_CH16.5FL_ARTIIFLDAPROR_DIV1GE_S16.5-31LAWHARAP" class="section-link" data-product-id="12650">section 16.5-31</a>. When base flood elevation data are not available from a federal, state or other
                  source, the lowest floor, including basement, shall be elevated at least two feet
                  above the highest adjacent grade.
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               (Ord. of 4-22-96, Â§ 1)
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