LEGAL NOTICE OF DECISION

Notice is hereby given that at a meeting held on September 30, 2021, the Westport Planning and Zoning Commission took the following action:
 

1. GRANTED: 27 Mayflower Parkway: Special Permit/ Site Plan Appl.#PZ-21-00504 submitted by Kevin Poole, RPM Home Inc. for property owned by Susan and Matthew Byer for grading that is not exempt per Sec. 32-8 associated with excavation and fill activities proposed in the side and rear yard, for property located in the Residence AA zone, PID#D05076000.
2. ADOPTED:Text Amendment #801: Appl.#PZ-21-00614 submitted by the Planning and Zoning Commission for a request to modify Sec. 31-11.3.4 found in Sec. 31-11, Floodplain Regulations, to clarify language previously adopted in Text Amend. #759, to require floodproofing be required to the Base Flood Elevation plus 1-foot consistent with the Building Code. A copy of the adopted text amendment is available on-line at www.westportct.gov is on file in the Westport Town Clerk’s Office and is on file in the Westport Planning and Zoning Office. Effective Date: 10/15/21 

Dated at Westport, Connecticut this 8^th day of October 2021 Danielle Dobin, Chairman, Planning and Zoning Commission. 

Text Amendment #801/#PZ-21-00614

                                                                                                Submitted: 8/5/21 Received: 9/2/21

                                                                                                                Public Hearing: 9/30/21

                                                                                                                           Adopted: 9/30/21

                                                                                                                  Effective date: 10/15/21

Deleted language is [struck out and in brackets]; New language is underlined.

§31 REGULATIONS APPLYING TO ALL DISTRICTS                              

31-11 Floodplain Regulations                                                                                     

31-11.3.4 Flood Zone AE

In all special flood hazard areas designated as Flood Zones AE the following additional standards shall apply:

• 24All new construction and substantial improvements of residential structures shall have the lowest floor (including basement or cellar) elevated at least one (1.0) foot above the base flood level.
• 25All new construction and substantial improvements of non-residential structures shall:
  • 25-1have the lowest floor (including basement or cellar) elevated at least one (1.0) foot above the base flood level, or and
  • 25-2together with attendant utility and sanitary facilities, shall be designed so that below the base flood level plus 1 foot the structure is watertight

    with walls substantially impermeable to the passage of water and with structural components of resisting the hydrostatic and hydrodynamic loads and effects of buoyancy. Where flood proofing is utilized for a particular structure in accordance with this section, a registered professional engineer or architect shall certify that the flood proofing methods are adequate to withstand the flood depths, pressures, velocities, impact and uplift forces and other factors associated with the base flood plus 1 foot, and a record of such certificates indicating the specific elevation (in relation to mean sea level) to which such structures are flood proofed, shall be filed with the Zoning Enforcement Officer.

• 26Encroachments, including fill, new construction, substantial improvements, and other developments within the adopted regulatory floodway, that would result in any increase in flood levels within the community during the occurrence of the base flood discharge, be prohibited.
• 27The placement of any manufactured homes or mobile homes, within the adopted regulatory floodway, shall be prohibited.

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