GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 1999 



1 ( Ic ) 'Department' means the Department of Crime Control 



2 and Public Safety. 



3 ( Id) 'Flood hazard area' means the portion of the 



4 floodplain designated by a local government or by 



5 the Department, pursuant to this Part, as an area 



6 where development must be regulated to prevent 



7 damage from flooding. The flood hazard area must 



8 include and may exceed the base floodplain. 



9 ( le ) 'Floodplain' means the lowland and relatively flat 



10 areas adjoining inland and coastal waters, 



11 including the base floodplain. 



12 (2) 'Floodway' means that portion of the channel and 



13 floodplain of a stream designated to provide 



14 passage for the 100-year flood, without increasing 



15 the elevation of that flood at any point by more 



16 than one foot. 



17 (3) 'Local government' means any county or municipal 



18 corporation. 



19 (4) 'Natural obstruction' includes any rock, tree, 



20 gravel, or analogous other natural matter that is 



21 an obstruction and has been located within the 



22 floodway by a nonhuman cause. 



23 (5) 'Stream' means a watercourse that collects surface 



24 runoff from an area of one square mile or greater. 



25 This — dooc — ftot — includ e — flooding — d«e — fee — tidal — &¥^ 



26 storm curgo on e stuarinG or ocoan wat e rs . 



27 "§ 143-215.53 Artificial — obctruction — prohibit e d . Floodplain 



2 8 development regulated. 



29 Tho placomont of Except as provided in G.S. 143-215.54 and G.S. 



30 143-215.57, no person shall place any artificial obstruction in 



31 the floodway of any stream or construct any structure in a flood 



32 hazard area after the floodway flood hazard area has been 



33 delineated pursuant to G^r^ — 143 - 215 . 56 G.S. 143-215.56. is h e r e by 



34 prohibit e d, — exc e pt — ae — &efe — forth — i« — G . S . — 143 - 215 . 54 , — unl e ss — a 



35 permit has b e en obtain e d for such artificial obstruction from th e 



3 6 rocponcibl e local govornmont . Ne damageabl e portion &4 a- 



37 ctructuro locat e d outsid e the floodway may bo below the e lov^ation 



38 that would be attained by — fefee — 100 - yoar — flood — iri — febe — str e am w e r e 



39 containod within th e — floodway . 



40 "§ 143-215.54. Floodway Flood hazard area uses. 



41 (a) Local — gov e rnments — ft*^e — e mpow e r e d — feo A local government may 



42 adopt ordinances to regulate uses in flood hazard areas and grant 



43 permits for the use of febe — f loodways flood hazard areas that are 



44 consistent with the purpos e s requirements of this Part — aftd — irOf- 



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