Article V. General Development Standards
The provisions of Article V of this chapter shall apply in the Special Flood Hazard Area.
15.68.260 Development and subdivision proposals.
This section applies to all development proposals including commercial development, subdivisions, short subdivisions, preliminary subdivisions, binding site plans, and expansions to manufactured home parks as defined in Chapter 17.04 ACC.
A. All development proposals shall be consistent with the need to minimize flood damage.
B. All development proposals shall have utilities and facilities, such as sewer, gas, electrical, and water systems, located and constructed to prevent flood damage.
C. All development proposals shall have adequate drainage provided to avoid exposure to water damage.
D. The proposed subdivision must have one or more new lots in the Special Flood Hazard Area set aside for open space use through deed restriction, easement, subdivision covenant, or donation to a public agency.
1. In the Special Flood Hazard Area outside the Protected Area, zoning must maintain a low density of floodplain development.
2. In the Special Flood Hazard Area outside the Protected Area in which the current zoning is less than five acres must maintain current zoning.
3. The density of development in the portion of the development outside the Special Flood Hazard Area may be increased to compensate for the amount of land in the Special Flood Hazard Area preserved as open space in accordance with Chapter 17.26 ACC.
E. If a parcel has a buildable site outside the Special Flood Hazard Area, it shall not be subdivided to create a new lot that does not have a buildable site outside of the Special Flood Hazard Area. This provision does not apply to tracts that are to be preserved as open space.
F. All development proposals shall ensure that all subdivisions have at least one access road connected to land outside the Special Flood Hazard Area with the surface of the road at or above the FPE wherever possible. Additional access roads may be required based on the number of proposed lots per the current city of Auburn Engineering Design Standards.
G. The final recorded plat shall include a notice that part of the property is in the SFHA, riparian buffer zone and/or channel migration area, as appropriate.
H. BFE generation for all development proposals greater than 50 lots or five acres, whichever is the lesser. (Ord. 6761 § 1 (Exh. A), 2020.)