<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 26-51. - Standards forâ€”Streams without established base flood elevations or floodways.</div>
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               Located within the areas of special flood hazard established in <a href="" data-chunk-id="COOR_CH26FL_ARTIINGE_S26-7BAESARSPFLHA" class="section-link" data-product-id="13885">section 26-7</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 a distance of 20 feet each side from the top
                  of the bank or five times the width of the stream whichever is greater, unless certification
                  with supporting technical data by a registered professional engineer is provided demonstrating
                  that such encroachments shall not result in any increase in flood levels during the
                  occurrence of the base flood discharge.
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                  (2)
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                  If <a href="" data-chunk-id="COOR_CH26FL_ARTIIIPRFLHARE_S26-51STFTRWIESBAFLELFL" class="section-link" data-product-id="13885">section 26-51</a>(1) 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 provisions of this article and shall be elevated or floodproofed
                  in accordance with elevations established in accordance with subsection (1) of this
                  section. When base flood elevation data is 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 9-19-1988, art. 5, Â§ C)
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