AGENDA ITEM INFORMATION
ITEM: PROPOSED ORDINANCE - Base Flood Elevation
Consider for recommendation to the Board of Commissioners authorizing the Township Secretary to advertise notice of intent to hold a public hearing and adopt an ordinance on November 15, 2017 to amend the Code of the Township of Lower Merion, Chapter 155, entitled Zoning, Article XXVII, Floodplain District, to permit development in the Floodway Fringe of the Schuylkill River by conditional use where land development approval is required; and to permit non-residential structures in the Floodway Fringe if the property is in the M Manufacturing and Industrial District and all portions of all rooms, including basements, are at or, alternatively, no less than 12 inches above the base flood level. |