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FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT § 27-12
<br />"Zone VE" is the special flood hazard area that corresponds to the one hundred -year
<br />coastal floodplains extending from offshore to the inland limit of a primary frontal dune
<br />along an open coast and any other area subject to high velocity wave action from storms
<br />or seismic sources. It is an area subject to high velocity waters, including coastal and
<br />tidal inundation or tsunamis. Whole -foot base flood elevations derived from the detailed
<br />hydraulic analyses have been determined at selected intervals within this zone.
<br />"Zone X (shaded)" are areas of moderate flood hazard corresponding to areas of the
<br />five -hundred -year floodplain, areas of one -hundred -year flooding where average depths
<br />are less than one foot, areas of one -hundred -year flooding where the contributing
<br />drainage area is less than one square mile, and areas protected from the one -hundred -
<br />year flood by levees.
<br />"Zone X (unshaded)" are areas of minimal flood hazard corresponding to areas
<br />outside of the five -hundred -year floodplain. Base flood elevations or depths have not
<br />been determined for Zone X.
<br />(1993, ord 93-78, sec 3; am 1997, ord 97-116, sec 1; am 2001, ord 01-108, secs 1 and 9;
<br />am 2007, ord 07-169, sec 7; am 2010, ord 10-115, secs 2 and 3; am 2017, 17-56, sec 5
<br />and 6.)
<br />Section 27-13. Nonconforming structures.
<br />Any nonconforming structure existing on May 5, 1982 or made nonconforming by a
<br />change in the special flood hazard area may continue, subject to the following
<br />conditions:
<br />(a) Any repair, reconstruction, improvement, or addition to a nonconforming structure,
<br />if it is considered to be substantial improvement, shall comply with the applicable
<br />standards of this chapter.
<br />(b) All relocated structures shall comply with the applicable standards of this chapter.
<br />(c) Substantial improvement of a damaged, destroyed, or demolished structure located
<br />in a floodway shall not be allowed unless a variance from the flood requirements is
<br />obtained.
<br />(1993, ord 93-78, sec 3; am 1997, ord 97-116, sec 2.)
<br />Article 3. Administration.
<br />Section 27-14. Director of public works approval.
<br />No building permit, certificate of occupancy, or grading permit shall be issued, no
<br />structure shall be occupied, no exception to chapter 5, the building code, shall be
<br />certified, and no development or subdivision shall be approved in an area of special
<br />flood hazard as determined by the director, pursuant to section 27-16, without the
<br />approval of the director with respect to compliance with the provisions of this chapter.
<br />(1993, ord 93-78, sec 3; am 2001, ord 01-108, sec 1; am 2007, ord 07-169, sec 8; am 2017,
<br />ord 17-56, sec 7.)
<br />Section 27-15. Designation of the floodplain administrator.
<br />The director of public works of the County of Hawai`i is hereby appointed to
<br />administer, implement, and enforce this chapter in accord with the provisions of this
<br />chapter.
<br />(1993, ord 93-78, sec 3; am 2001, ord 01-108, sec 1.)
<br />27-13 SUPP. 3 (1-2018)
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