§ 30.56.010. Purpose.

This overlay zone is composed of those properties located within the 100-year floodplains of the San Dieguito River and the Los Penasquitos Lagoon which have been identified by the Federal Insurance Administration as being subject to periodic inundation due to flooding. The purpose of the regulations of this Chapter is to promote the public health, safety and general welfare by ensuring that new development, as defined herein, is appropriately sited and constructed so as to avoid hazards to those who will occupy the development; and to avoid damage or hazards to the surrounding area. These regulations are also intended to ensure that development within the Floodplain Overlay Zone will not obstruct flood flow; will be designed to reduce the need for construction of flood control facilities that would be required if unregulated development were to occur; and to minimize the cost of flood insurance to Del Mar residents.

In order to accomplish its purposes, this Chapter includes regulations that prohibit development that would result in increases in erosion or flood levels through the inappropriate placement of fill or barriers. The Chapter also includes regulations to prohibit or restrict uses, which would otherwise be incompatible with flood prone areas.

(Ord. No. 516; Ord. No. 722)