Board of Adjustment Agenda and Packet 2003 02 19

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Superior and Boulder County dated 20 June, 2000, (available in the Planning Depar trnent for review if needed), that being the total completion of the Coal Creek/Rock Creek Trail. With a permit, completion of the following could occur: 1) At this time, the bank of the drainage ditch/swale leading to Coal Creek is un-stable and is eroding. Minor earthwork, (shoring up the bank with riprap/boulders), associated with this permit could permit the applicant to stabilize the bank; and 2) The recreational needs of the above mentioned parties could be met, realizing the full potential of the Coal Creek/Rock Creek Trail System with this important connection. The property is zoned P-OS - Planned Community - Open Space and is actually an excess part of the golf course property that contains the drive entrance to the golf course maintenance building, a portion of the golf course, and the floodplain area for Coal Creek. The applicant has provided sufficient information in the application packet provided to the Board for review. An important item of note in the application is the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) National Flood Insurance Program Floodplain Development Permit - Elevation Certificate (EC) that if approved, will need to be sent to FEMA for review and approval and kept on record with the City of Louisville. In conjunction with the city, FEMA monitors development approved in floodplains. The Board of Adjustment most recently reviewed and approved two like permits in 1997 and 1998. DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION REFERRAL COMMENTS: The Floodplain Development Permit application was sent to interested and/or affected City of Louisville departments and agencies for any comments related to the issuance of said permit. The following review comments were collected: • PUBLIC SAFETY: No comments were registered. • PUBLIC WORKS: "The Bridge should be designed to swing in large storm events and should be anchored with a cable to the abutment." This will be discussed in the following paragraphs. • WASTEWATER DEPARTMENT: No comments were registered. • URBAN DRAINAGE AND FLOOD CONTROL: No objection to this proposal. REVIEW CRITERIA: The Board of Adjustment has authority to hear and decide, grant or deny this application for a Floodplain Development Permit pursuant to the powers granted the Board in § 17.48.110 C. of the Louisville Municipal Code. The Board may grant a permit only if it makes findings that all of the criteria, as established under § 17.56.160 A-E, have been satisfied, insofar as applicable. The following regulations shall apply in the flood regulatory district and all areas of special flood hazard: • 17.56.160 A. Flood District Encroachments: "The cumulative effect of any proposed development, when combined with all other existing and anticipated development, shall 2