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Codified Ordinances of Sheffield Lake, OH
CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF SHEFFIELD LAKE, OHIO
CERTIFICATION
ROSTER OF OFFICIALS
ADOPTING ORDINANCE NO. 116-84
COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
TABLES OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES OF SHEFFIELD LAKE
CHARTER
PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION CODE
PART NINE - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
PART ELEVEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
PART THIRTEEN - BUILDING CODE
TITLE ONE - Building Standards
TITLE THREE - Local Provisions
CHAPTER 1335 Licensing of Contractors
CHAPTER 1345 Certificates of Occupancy
CHAPTER 1351 Dangerous Buildings
CHAPTER 1352 Fences, Hedges and Walls (Repealed)
CHAPTER 1353 Flood Damage Prevention
1353.01 STATUTORY AUTHORIZATION.
1353.02 FINDINGS OF FACT.
1353.03 STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.
1353.04 METHODS OF REDUCING FLOOD LOSS.
1353.05 LANDS TO WHICH THESE REGULATIONS APPLY.
1353.06 BASIS FOR ESTABLISHING THE AREAS OF SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD.
1353.07 ABROGATION AND GREATER RESTRICTIONS.
1353.08 INTERPRETATION.
1353.09 WARNING AND DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY.
1353.10 SEVERABILITY.
1353.11 DEFINITIONS.
1353.12 DESIGNATION OF THE FLOODPLAIN ADMINISTRATOR.
1353.13 DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE FLOODPLAIN ADMINISTRATOR.
1353.14 FLOODPLAIN DEVELOPMENT PERMITS.
1353.15 APPLICATION REQUIRED.
1353.16 REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF A FLOODPLAIN DEVELOPMENT PERMIT APPLICATION.
1353.17 INSPECTIONS.
1353.18 POST-CONSTRUCTION CERTIFICATIONS REQUIRED.
1353.19 REVOKING A FLOODPLAIN DEVELOPMENT PERMIT.
1353.20 EXEMPTION FROM FILING A DEVELOPMENT PERMIT.
1353.21 STATE AND FEDERAL DEVELOPMENT.
1353.22 MAP MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES.
1353.23 DATA USE AND FLOOD MAP INTERPRETATION.
1353.24 USE OF PRELIMINARY FLOOD INSURANCE RATE MAP AND/OR FLOOD INSURANCE STUDY DATA.
1353.25 SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DETERMINATIONS.
1353.26 USE REGULATIONS.
1353.27 WATER AND WASTEWATER SYSTEMS.
1353.28 SUBDIVISION AND OTHER NEW DEVELOPMENTS.
1353.29 RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES.
1353.30 NONRESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES.
1353.31 ACCESSORY STRUCTURES.
1353.32 RECREATIONAL VEHICLES.
1353.33 GAS OR LIQUID STORAGE TANKS.
1353.34 ASSURANCE OF FLOOD CARRYING CAPACITY.
1353.35 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR COASTAL HIGH HAZARD AREAS(AND MoWA AREAS).
1353.36 APPEALS BOARD ESTABLISHED.
1353.37 POWERS AND DUTIES.
1353.38 APPEALS.
1353.39 VARIANCES.
1353.40 PROCEDURE AT HEARINGS.
1353.41 APPEAL TO THE COURT.
1353.42 COMPLIANCE REQUIRED.
1353.43 NOTICE OF VIOLATION.
1353.99 VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES.
CHAPTER 1354 Flood Hazards
CHAPTER 1355 Grades
CHAPTER 1356 Moving Buildings
CHAPTER 1357 Residential Driveways and Driveway Additions
CHAPTER 1361 Permits, Fees and Inspections
CHAPTER 1365 Pole Type Buildings (Repealed)
CHAPTER 1367 Construction Equipment and Vehicles (Repealed)
CHAPTER 1369 Dumpsters and Refuse Containers (Repealed)
CHAPTER 1371 Signs and Billboards (Repealed)
CHAPTER 1375 Swimming Pools (Repealed)
CHAPTER 1377 Smoke Detectors
CHAPTER 1379 Residential Construction Materials
CHAPTER 1381 Stables, Kennels and Animal Shelters
CHAPTER 1383 Metal Sheds and Accessory Buildings (Repealed)
CHAPTER 1385 Emergency Alarm Systems
CHAPTER 1387 Ground Satellite Stations
CHAPTER 1395 Real Property Maintenance Code
PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
OH
Sheffield Lake
Codified Ordinances of Sheffield Lake, OH
1353.09 WARNING AND DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY.
CHAPTER 1353 Flood Damage Prevention
1353.02 FINDINGS OF FACT.
   The City of Sheffield Lake has special flood hazard areas that are subject to periodic inundation which may result in loss of life and property, health and safety hazards, disruption of commerce and governmental services, extraordinary public expenditures for flood protection and relief, and impairment of the tax base. Additionally, structures that are inadequately elevated, floodproofed, or otherwise protected from flood damage also contribute to the flood loss. In order to minimize the threat of such damages and to achieve the purposes hereinafter set forth, these regulations are adopted.
(Ord. 9-21. Passed 2-9-21.)
1353.03 STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.
   It is the purpose of these regulations to promote the public health, safety and general welfare, and to:
   (a)   Protect human life and health;
   (b)   Minimize expenditure of public money for costly flood control projects;
   (c)   Minimize the need for rescue and relief efforts associated with flooding and generally undertaken at the expense of the general public;
   (d)   Minimize prolonged business interruptions;
   (e)   Minimize damage to public facilities and utilities such as water and gas mains, electric, telephone and sewer lines, streets and bridges located in areas of special flood hazard;
   (f)   Help maintain a stable tax base by providing for the proper use and development of areas of special flood hazard so as to protect property and minimize future flood blight areas;
   (g)   Ensure that those who occupy the areas of special flood hazard assume responsibility for their actions;
   (h)   Minimize the impact of development on adjacent properties within and near flood prone areas;
   (i)   Ensure that the flood storage and conveyance functions of the floodplain are maintained;
   (j)   Minimize the impact of development on the natural, beneficial values of the floodplain;
   (k)   Prevent floodplain uses that are either hazardous or environmentally incompatible; and
   (l)   Meet community participation requirements of the National Flood Insurance Program. (Ord. 9-21. Passed 2-9-21.)
1353.04 METHODS OF REDUCING FLOOD LOSS.
   In order to accomplish its purposes, these regulations include methods and provisions for:
   (a)   Restricting or prohibiting uses which are dangerous to health, safety, and property due to water hazards, or which result in damaging increases in flood heights or velocities;
   (b)   Requiring that uses vulnerable to floods, including facilities, which serve such uses, be protected against flood damage at the time of initial construction;
   (c)   Controlling the alteration of natural floodplains, stream and natural protective barriers, which help accommodate or channel flood waters;
   (d)   Controlling filling, grading, dredging, excavating, and other development which may increase flood damage; and,
   (e)   Preventing or regulating the construction of flood barriers, which will unnaturally divert flood, waters or which may increase flood hazards in other areas. (Ord. 9-21. Passed 2-9-21.)
1353.05 LANDS TO WHICH THESE REGULATIONS APPLY.
   These regulations shall apply to all areas of special flood hazard within the jurisdiction of the City of Sheffield Lake as identified in Section 1353.06, including any additional areas of special flood hazard annexed by the City of Sheffield Lake.
(Ord. 9-21. Passed 2-9-21.)
1353.06 BASIS FOR ESTABLISHING THE AREAS OF SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD.
   For the purposes of these regulations, the following studies and/or maps are adopted:
   (a)   Flood Insurance Rate Map for Lorain County, Ohio and Incorporated Areas effective March 9, 2021.
      Flood Insurance Study for Lorain County, Ohio, and Incorporated Areas March 9, 2021.
   (b)   Other studies and / or maps, which may be relied upon for establishment of the flood protection elevation, delineation of the 100-year floodplain, floodways or delineation of other areas of special flood hazard.
   (c)   Any hydrologic and hydraulic engineering analysis authored by a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Ohio which has been approved by the City of Sheffield Lake as required by Section 1353.28 Subdivisions and Other New Developments.
   Any revisions to the aforementioned maps and / or studies are hereby adopted by reference and declared to be a part of these regulations. Such maps and/or studies are on file at the 609 Harris Road, Sheffield Lake, Ohio, 44054 and 4750 Richelieu Avenue, Sheffield Lake, Ohio, 44054. (Ord. 9-21. Passed 2-9-21.)
1353.07 ABROGATION AND GREATER RESTRICTIONS.
   These regulations are not intended to repeal, abrogate or impair any existing or easements. However, where this ordinance and another ordinance, easement, covenantor deed restriction conflict or overlap, whichever imposes the more stringent restrictions shall prevail.
(Ord. 9-21. Passed 2-9-21.)
1353.08 INTERPRETATION.
   In the interpretation and application of these regulations, all provisions shall be:
   (a)   Considered as minimum requirements;
   (b)   Liberally construed in favor of the governing body; and,
   (c)   Deemed neither to limit nor repeal any other powers granted under state statutes. Where a provision of these regulations may be in conflict with a state or Federal law, such state or Federal law shall take precedence over these regulations. (Ord. 9-21. Passed 2-9-21.)
1353.09 WARNING AND DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY.
   The degree of flood protection required by these regulations is considered reasonable for regulatory purposes and is based on scientific and engineering considerations. Larger floods can and will occur on rare occasions. Flood heights may be increased by man-made or natural causes. These regulations do not imply that land outside the areas of special flood hazard or uses permitted within such areas will be free from flooding or flood damage. These regulations shall not create liability on the part of the City of Sheffield Lake, any officer or employee thereof, or the Federal Emergency Management Agency, for any flood damage that results from reliance on these regulations or any administrative decision lawfully made thereunder. (Ord. 9-21. Passed 2-9-21.)
1353.10 SEVERABILITY.
   Should any section or provision of these regulations be declared by the courts to be unconstitutional or invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the regulations as a whole, or any part thereof other than the part so declared to be unconstitutional or invalid.
(Ord. 9-21. Passed 2-9-21.)
1353.11 DEFINITIONS.
   Unless specifically defined below, words or phrases used in these regulations shall be interpreted so as to give them the meaning they have in common usage and to give these regulations the most reasonable application.
   (a)   "Accessory Structure" A structure on the same lot with, and of a nature customarily incidental and subordinate to, the principal structure.
   (b)   "Appeal" A request for review of the floodplain administrator's interpretation of any provision of these regulations or a request for a variance.
   (c)   "Base Flood" The flood having a one percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year. The base flood may also be referred to as the 1% chance annual flood or one-hundred (100) year flood.
   (d)   "Base (100-Year) Flood Elevation (BFE)" The water surface elevation of the base flood in relation to a specified datum, usually the National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 or the North American Vertical Datum of 1988, and usually expressed in Feet Mean Sea Level (MSL). In Zone AO areas, the base flood elevation is the lowest adjacent natural grade elevation plus the depth number (from 1 to 3 feet).
   (e)   "Basement" Any area of the building having its floor subgrade (below ground level) on all sides.
   (f)   "Breakaway wall" A wall that is not part of the structural support of the building and is intended through its design and construction to collapse under specific lateral loading forces, without causing damage to the elevated portion of the building or supporting foundation system.
   (g)   "Coastal high hazard area" An area of special flood hazard extending from offshore to the inland limit of a primary frontal dune along an open coast, and any other area subject to high velocity wave action from storms or seismic sources. A coastal high hazard area is identified on a community's FIRM by the designation of zone VE.   
   (h)   "Development" Any manmade change to improved or unimproved real estate, including but not limited to buildings or other structures, mining, dredging, filling, grading, paving, excavation or drilling operations or storage of equipment or materials.
   (i)   "Enclosure Below the Lowest Floor". See "Lowest Floor."
   (j)   "Executive Order 11988 (Floodplain Management)" Issued by President Carter in 1977, this order requires that no federally assisted activities be conducted in or have the potential to affect identified special flood hazard areas, unless there is no practicable alternative.
   (k)   "Federal Emergency Management Agency" (FEMA) The agency with the overall responsibility for administering the National Flood Insurance Program.
   (l)    "Fill" A deposit of earth material placed by artificial means.
   (m)   "Flood or Flooding" A general and temporary condition of partial or complete inundation of normally dry land areas from:
         (1)   The overflow of inland or tidal waters, and/or
         (2)   The unusual and rapid accumulation or runoff of surface waters from any source.
   (n)   "Flood Hazard Boundary Map" (FHBM) Usually the initial map, produced by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, for a community depicting approximate special flood hazard areas.
   (o)   "Flood Insurance Rate Map" (FIRM) An official map on which the Federal Emergency Management Agency or the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has delineated the areas of special flood hazard.
   (p)   "Flood Insurance Risk Zones" Zone designations on FHBMs and FIRMs that indicate the magnitude of the flood hazard in specific areas of a community. Following are the zone definitions:
      (1)   Zone A: Special flood hazard areas inundated by the 100-year flood in any given year; base flood elevations are not determined.
      (2)    Zones A1-30 and Zone AE: Special flood hazard areas inundated by the 100-year flood in any given year; base flood elevations are determined.
      (3)   Zone AO: Special flood hazard areas inundated by the 100-year flood in any given year; with flood depths of 1 to 3 feet (usually sheet flow on sloping terrain); average depths are determined.
      (4)   Zone AH: Special flood hazard areas inundated by the 100-year flood in any given year; flood depths of 1 to 3 feet (usually areas of ponding); base flood elevations are determined.
      (5)   Zone A99: Special flood hazard areas inundated by the 100-year flood to be protected from the 100-year flood by a Federal flood protection system under construction; no base flood elevations are determined.
      (6)    Zone B and Zone X (shaded): Areas of 500-year flood; areas subject to the 100-year flood with average depths of less than 1 foot or with contributing drainage area less than 1 square mile; and areas protected by levees from the base flood.
      (7)    Zone C and Zone X (unshaded): Areas determined to be outside the 500-year floodplain.
      (8)   Zone V: Coastal special flood hazard area subject to a 100-year flood from velocity hazard (wave action); base flood elevations are not determined.
      (9)   Zone VE and V1-30: Coastal special flood hazard area subject to a 100-year from velocity hazard (wave action); base flood elevations are determined.
   (q)   "Flood Insurance Study" (FIS) The official report in which the Federal Emergency Management Agency or the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has provided flood profiles, floodway boundaries (sometimes shown on Flood Boundary and Floodway Maps), and the water surface elevations of the base flood.
   (r)   "Floodproofing" Any combination of structural and non-structural additions, changes, or adjustments to structures which reduce or eliminate flood damage to real estate or improved real property, water and sanitary facilities, structures and their contents.
   (s)   "Flood Protection Elevation" The Flood Protection Elevation, or FPE, is the base flood elevation in areas where no base flood elevations exist from any authoritative source, the flood protection elevation can be historical flood elevations, or base flood elevations determined and/or approved by the floodplain administrator.
   (t)   "Floodway" A floodway is the channel of a river or other watercourse and the adjacent land areas that have been reserved in order to pass the base flood discharge. A floodway is typically determined through a hydraulic and hydrologic engineering analysis such that the cumulative increase in the water surface elevation of the base flood discharge is no more than a designated height. In no case shall the designated height be more than one foot at any point within the community.
The floodway is an extremely hazardous area, and is usually characterized by any of the following: Moderate to high velocity flood waters, high potential for debris and projectile impacts, and moderate to high erosion forces.
   (u)   "Freeboard" A factor of safety usually expressed in feet above a flood level for the purposes of floodplain management. Freeboard tends to compensate for the many unknown factors that could contribute to flood heights greater than the height calculated for a selected size flood and floodway conditions, such as wave action, obstructed bridge openings, debris and ice jams, and the hydrologic effect of urbanization in a watershed.
   (v)   "Historic structure" Any structure that is:
      (1)   Listed individually in the National Register of Historic Places (a listing maintained by the U.S. Department of Interior) or preliminarily determined by the Secretary of the Interior as meeting the requirements for individual listings on the National Register;
      (2)   Certified or preliminarily determined by the Secretary of the Interior as contributing to the historical significance of a registered historic district or a district preliminarily determined by the Secretary to qualify as a registered historic district; or
      (3)   Individually listed on the State of Ohio's inventory of historic places maintained by the Ohio Historic Preservation Office.
      (4)   Individually listed on the inventory of historic places maintained by the City of Sheffield Lake's historic preservation program, which program is certified by the Ohio Historic Preservation Office.
   (w)   "Hydrologic and hydraulic engineering analysis" An analysis performed by a professional engineer, registered in the State of Ohio, in accordance with standard engineering practices as accepted by FEMA, used to determine flood elevations and/or floodway boundaries.
   (x)   "Letter of Map Change" (LOMC) A Letter of Map Change is an official FEMA determination, by letter, to amend or revise effective Flood Insurance Rate Maps, Flood Boundary and Floodway Maps, and Flood Insurance Studies. LOMCs are broken down into the following categories:
      (1)   Letter of Map Amendment (LOMA): A revision based on technical data showing that a property was incorrectly included in a designated special flood hazard area. A LOMA amends the current effective Flood Insurance Rate Map and establishes that a specific property is not located in a special flood hazard area.
      (2)   Letter of Map Revision (LOMR): A revision based on technical data that, usually due to manmade changes, shows changes to flood zones, flood elevations, floodplain and floodway delineations, and planimetric features. One common type of LOMR, a LOMR-F, is a determination concerning whether a structure or parcel has been elevated by fill above the base flood elevation and is, therefore, excluded from the special flood hazard area.
      (3)   Conditional Letter of Map Revision (CLOMR): A comment by FEMA regarding a proposed project that would, upon construction, affect the hydrologic or hydraulic characteristics of a flooding source and thus result in the modification of the existing regulatory floodway, the effective base flood elevations, or the special flood hazard area. A CLOMR does not amend or revise effective Flood Insurance Rate Maps, Flood Boundary and Floodway Maps, or Flood Insurance Studies.
   (y)   Limit of Moderate Wave Action (LiMWA): A line shown on a Flood Insurance Rate Map to indicate the inland limit of the 1.5-ft breaking wave height during the base flood.
   (z)   "Lowest floor" The lowest floor of the lowest enclosed area (including basement) of a structure. This definition excludes an "enclosure below the lowest floor" which is an unfinished or flood resistant enclosure usable solely for parking of vehicles, building access or storage, in an area other than a basement area, provided that such enclosure is built in accordance with the applicable design requirements specified in these regulations for enclosures below the lowest floor.
   (aa)   "Manufactured home" A structure, transportable in one or more sections, which is built on a permanent chassis and is designed for use with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities. The term "manufactured home" does not include a "recreational vehicle". For the purposes of these regulations, a manufactured home includes manufactured homes and mobile homes as defined in Chapter 4781 of the Ohio Revised Code.
   (bb)   "Manufactured home park" As specified in the Ohio Administrative Code 4781-12-01(K), a manufactured home park means any tract of land upon which three or more manufactured homes, used for habitation are parked, either free of charge or for revenue purposes, and includes any roadway, building, structure, vehicle, or enclosure used or intended for use as part of the facilities of the park. A tract of land that is subdivided and the individual lots are not for rent or rented but are for sale or sold for the purpose of installation of manufactured homes on the lots, is not a manufactured home park, even though three or more manufactured homes are parked thereon, if the roadways are dedicated to the local government authority. Manufactured home park does not include any tract of land used solely for the storage for the storage or display for sale of manufactured homes.
   (cc)   Mean Sea Level: For purposes of the National Flood Insurance Program, the National Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD) of 1929 or other datum, to which base flood elevations shown on a community's Flood Insurance Rate Map are referenced.
   (dd)   Moderate Wave Action Area (MoWA): A special flood hazard area subject to the potential for breaking wave heights of greater than or equal to 1.5 feet, but less than 3 feet, where the primary source of flooding is storm surges, seiches. A MoWA is an area within zone AE on a FIRM that is between the inland limit of zone VE and a Limit of Moderate Wave Action, where identified.
   (ee)   "National Flood Insurance Program" (NFIP) The NFIP is a Federal program enabling property owners in participating communities to purchase insurance protection against losses from flooding. This insurance is designed to provide an insurance alternative to disaster assistance to meet the escalating costs of repairing damage to buildings and their contents caused by floods. Participation in the NFIP is based on an agreement between local communities and the Federal government that states if a community will adopt and enforce floodplain management regulations to reduce future flood risks to all development in special flood hazard areas, the Federal government will make flood insurance available within the community as a financial protection against flood loss.
   (ff)   "New construction" Structures for which the "start of construction" commenced on or after the initial effective date of the City of Sheffield Lake Flood Insurance Rate Map, March 1, 1978, and includes any subsequent improvements to such structures.
   (gg)   "Person" Includes any individual or group of individuals, corporation, partnership, association, or any other entity, including state and local governments and agencies. An agency is further defined in the Ohio Revised Code Section 111.15(A)(2) as any governmental entity of the state and includes, but is not limited to, any board, department, division, commission, bureau, society, council, institution, state college or university, community college district, technical college district, or state community college. "Agency" does not include the general assembly, the controlling board, the adjutant general's department, or any court.
   (hh)   "Recreational vehicle" A vehicle which is (1) built on a single chassis, (2) 400 square feet or less when measured at the largest horizontal projection, (3) designed to be self- propelled or permanently towable by a light duty truck, and (4) designed primarily not for use as a permanent dwelling but as temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, travel, or seasonal use.
   (ii)   "Registered Professional Architect" A person registered to engage in the practice of architecture pursuant to Ohio Rev. Code §4703.01 and §4703.19
   (jj)   "Registered Professional Engineer" A person registered as a professional engineer pursuant to Ohio Rev. Code Chapter 4733.
   (kk)   "Registered Professional Surveyor" A person registered as a professional surveyor pursuant to Ohio Rev. Code Chapter 4733.
   (ll)   "Special Flood Hazard Area" Also known as "Areas of Special Flood Hazard", it is the land in the floodplain subject to a one percent or greater chance of flooding in any given year. Special flood hazard areas are designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Flood Insurance Rate Maps, Flood Insurance Studies, Flood Boundary and Floodway Maps and Flood Hazard Boundary Maps as Zones A, AE, AH, AO, A1-30, and A99, V, or VE. Special flood hazard areas may also refer to areas that are flood prone and designated from other federal state or local sources of data including but not limited to historical flood information reflecting high water marks, previous flood inundation areas, and flood prone soils associated with a watercourse.
   (mm)   "Start of construction" The date the building permit was issued, provided the actual start of construction, repair, reconstruction, rehabilitation, addition, placement, or other improvement was within 180 days of the permit date. The actual start means either the first placement of permanent construction of a structure on a site, such as the pouring of slab or footings, the installation of piles, the construction of columns, or any work beyond the stage of excavation; or the placement of a manufactured home on a foundation. Permanent construction does not include land preparation, such as clearing, grading, and filling; nor does it include the installation of streets and/or walkways; nor does it include excavation for a basement, footings, piers, or foundations or the erection of temporary forms; nor does it include the installation on the property of accessory buildings, such as garages or sheds not occupied as dwelling units or not part of the main structure. For a substantial improvement, the actual start of construction means the first alteration of any wall, ceiling, floor, or other structural part of a building, whether or not that alteration affects the external dimensions of a building.
   (nn)   "Structure" A walled and roofed building, manufactured home, or gas or liquid storage tank that is principally above ground.
   (oo)   "Substantial Damage" Damage of any origin sustained by a structure whereby the cost of restoring the structure to its before damaged condition would equal or exceed 50 percent of the market value of the structure before the damage occurred.
      Substantial damage also means flood related damage sustained by a structure on two (2) separate occasions during a 10-year period for which the cost of repairs at the time of each such flood event, on the average, equals or exceeds 25 percent of the market value of the structure before the damage occurred.
   (pp)   "Substantial Improvement" Any reconstruction, rehabilitation, addition, or other improvement of a structure, the cost of which equals or exceeds 50 percent of the market value of the structure before the "start of construction" of the improvement. This term includes structures, which have incurred "substantial damage", regardless of the actual repair work performed. The term does not, however, include:
      (1)   Any project for improvement of a structure to correct existing violations of state or local health, sanitary, or safety code specifications which have been identified prior to the application for a development permit by the local code enforcement official and which are the minimum necessary to assure safe living conditions; or
      (2)   Any alteration of a "historic structure," provided that the alteration would not preclude the structure's continued designation as a "historic structure".
   (qq)   "Variance" A grant of relief from the standards of these regulations consistent with the variance conditions herein.
   (rr)   "Violation" The failure of a structure or other development to be fully compliant with these regulations.
      (Ord. 9-21. Passed 2-9-21.)

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• Ordinances of Sheffield Lake, OH
• ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF SHEFFIELD LAKE, OHIO
• ORDINANCE NO. 116-84
• ORDINANCES OF SHEFFIELD LAKE
• Repealed)
• ordinary public expenditures for flood protection and relief, and impairment of the tax base
• order to minimize the threat of such damages and to achieve the purposes hereinafter set forth, these regulations are adopted
• Ord. 9-21
• order to accomplish its purposes, these regulations include methods and provisions for:
• adopted:
• effective March 9, 2021
• adopted by reference and declared to be a part of these regulations
• ordinance and another ordinance, easement, covenantor deed restriction conflict or overlap, whichever imposes the more stringent restrictions shall prevail
• ords or phrases used in these regulations shall be interpreted so as to give them the meaning they have in common usage and to give these regulations the most reasonable application
• ordinate to, the principal structure
• Order 11988 (Floodplain Management)" Issued by President Carter in 1977, this order requires that no federally assisted activities be conducted in or have the potential to affect iden
• order to pass the base flood discharge
• ordance with standard engineering practices as accepted by FEMA, used to determine flood elevations and/or floodway boundaries
• effective Flood Insurance Rate Maps, Flood Boundary and Floodway Maps, and Flood Insurance Studies
• effective Flood Insurance Rate Map and establishes that a specific property is not located in a special flood hazard area
• effective base flood elevations, or the special flood hazard area
• effective Flood Insurance Rate Maps, Flood Boundary and Floodway Maps, or Flood Insurance Studies
• ordance with the applicable design requirements specified in these regulations for enclosures below the lowest floor
• effective date of the City of Sheffield Lake Flood Insurance Rate Map, March 1, 1978, and includes any subsequent improvements to such structures
• Ordinances and/or any other documents that appear on this site may not reflect the most current legislation adopted by the Municipality
• Ordinances should be consulted prior to any action being taken
• Ordinances or other documents posted on this site, please contact the Municipality directly or contact American Legal Publishing toll-free at 800-445-5588

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