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Section 15.1.6.170 Floodway. Located within'areas of special flood hazard established in Section 15.16.040 are areas designated as floodways. Since the floodway is an extremely hazardous area due to the velocity of flood waters that carry debris and potential projectiles, the following pr6visions shall apply: The community shall select and adopt a regulatory floodway based on the principle that the area chosen for the regulatory floodway must be designed to carry the waters of the base flood without increasing the water surface elevation of that flood more than one foot at any point. The community shall prohibit any encroachments, including fill, new construction, substantial- improvements, and other development within the adopted regulatory floodway unless it has been demonstrated through hydrologic and hydraulic analyses performed in accordance with standard engineering practice that the proposed encroachment would not result in any increase in flood levels within the community during the occurrence of the base flood discharge. If Section 15.16.170.2 is satisfied, all new construction and substantial-improvements shall comply with all applicable flood hazard reduction provisions of Article 4. In um~umbered A zones, the community shall obtain, review, and reasonably utilize any base flood elevation or floodway data currently available from Federal, State, or other sources as set forth in Section 15.16.140.2. Section 15.16.180 Recreational vehicles. Require that recreational vehicles placed on sites within all unnumbered and numbered A zones and AE zones on the community's Flood Insurance Rate Map either: a. Be on the site for fewer than 180 consecutive days, or b. Be fully licensed and ready for highway use*; or Meet the permitting, elevation, and the anchoring requirements for manufactured homes of this ordinance. *A recreational vehicle is ready for highway use if it is on its wheels or jacking system, is attached to the site only by quick-disconnect type utilities and security devices, and has no permanently attached additions. Article 5 Floodplain Management Variance Procedures Section 15.16.190 Establishment of appeal board. A Board of Adjustment, which shall consist of the members of the City's Board of Building Code Appeals, is hereby established for purposes of this ordinance only, and is hereinafter referred to as the Appeal Board. The Appeal Board shall hear and decide appeals and requests for variances from the floodplain management requirements of this ordinance. Section 15.16.200 Responsibility of appeal board. Where an application for a floodplain development permit or request for a variance fi'om the floodplain management regulations is denied by the Floodplain Administrator, the applicant may apply for such floodplain development pemfit or variance directly to the Appeal Board, as defined in Section 15.16.190. The Appeal Board shall hear and decide appeals when it is alleged that there is an error in any requirement, decision, or determination made by the Floodplain Administrator in the enforcement or administration of this Ordinance.