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b. Any mechanical and utility equipment in a structure must be elevated to or above the regulatory flood protection elevation or properly flood proofed; and c.To allow for the equalization of hydrostatic pressure, there must be a minimum of two “automatic” openings in the outside walls of the structure having a total net area of not less than one square inch for every square foot of enclosed area subject to flooding. There must be openings on at least two sides of the strueture and the bottom of all openings must be no higher than one foot above the lowest adjacent grade to the structure. Using human intervention to open a garage door pnor to flooding w'll! not satisfy this requirement for automatic openings. Storage of Materials and Equipment. 1.The storage or processing of materials that arc, in time of flooding, flammable, explosive, or potentially injurious to human, animal, or plant life is prohibited. 2.Storage of other materials or equipment may be allowed if readily removable from the area within the time available after a Hood warning and in accordance with a plan approved by the City Council. (g) Flood Control. Structural w'orks for flood control that will change the course, current or cross section of protected w'ctlands or public waters shall be subject to the provisions of Minnesota Statute. Chapter 103G. Community-wide structural works for flood control intended to remove areas from tlic regulatory flood plain shall not be allowed in the floodway. (h) A levee, dike or floodw-all constructed in the lloodw-ay shall not cause an increase to the 100' year or regional flood and the tcclmical analysis must assume equal conveyance or storage loss on both sides of a stream. DIVISION 5. FLOOD FRINGE DISTRICT (FF) Sec. 78-1118 Permitted Uses The uses listed m Section 78-1114 of this Ordinance .shall be permitted uses. (b) All other permitted uses shall be those uses of land or structures listed as pennitted uses in the underlying /oiiing use distncl(s). If no pre-existing, underlying zoning u.se districts exist, then any residential or non residential structure or use of a structure or land shall be a permitted use in the Flood Fringe District provided such use does not constitute a public nuisance. All permitted uses shall comply w ith the stanJaids for Flood Fiiiige District “Permitted Uses” listed in Section 78-1119 and the "Staiidaids foi all Flood Fringe Uses" listed in Section 78-1122. Sec. 78-1119 Standards for Flood Fringe Permitted Uses (a) All structures, including accessory structures, must be elevated on fill so that the lowest floor including basement floor is at or above the regulatory flood protection elevation. The finished fill elevation for structures shall be no lower than one (1) foot below the regulatory flood protection elevation and the fill i Dtsotci-l Map, i/i/2004 •^vtston ■ 9-