Located within areas of special flood hazard established in section 15A-7 are areas designated as floodways. Since the floodway is an extremely hazardous area
due to the velocity of flood waters which carry debris, potential projectiles, and
erosion potential, the following provisions apply:
(a)
Prohibiting encroachments, including fill, new construction, substantial improvement,
and other new development unless certification by a registered professional engineer
is provided demonstrating that encroachments shall not result in any increase in flood
levels during the occurrence of the base flood discharge.
(b)
If subsection (a) of this section is satisfied, all new construction, substantial
improvement and other proposed new development shall comply with all other applicable
flood hazard reduction provisions of sections 15A-13 and 15A-16 through 15A-25.
