§ 25-7-95. REQUIREMENTS FOR PARKING AREAS.

(A)

This section establishes requirements that apply to the development of a parking area.

(B)

A development application with a proposed parking area that encroaches on the 100-year floodplain may be approved if:

(1)

the level of water detention or waterflow in the parking area during the 100-year storm does not exceed:

(a)

an average depth of eight inches; or

(b)

a maximum depth of 12 inches at any point; and

(2)

appropriate signs, approved by the director, are posted to notify persons that the water detention or waterflow in the parking lot may exceed a depth of eight inches.

(C)

Notwithstanding the requirements of Subsection (B), a development application with a proposed parking area that encroaches on the 100-year floodplain may be approved if the parking area is:

(1)

accessory to a single-family or duplex residential structure on a lot in a subdivision recorded before September 25, 1983;

(2)

authorized by a waterway development permit issued under Chapter 9-10 before September 25, 1983; or

(3)

in the 100-year floodplain of:

(a)

Lady Bird Lake; or

(b)

the Colorado River downstream from Longhorn Dam.

Source: Ord. 20131017-046.