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Storage of other matenals or equipment may be allowed sf readily removable from the area within the time available after a flood warning and in accordance with a plan approvxd by the City Council. (6) The provisions of Section 7S-1122 of this Ordinance shall also apply Sec. 78-1122 Standards for All Flood Fringe Uses: (a) All new principal structures must have vehicular access at or above an elevation not more than tw o (2) feet below the regulatory flood protection elcvution If a variance to this requirement is granted, the Cit>' Council must specify limitations on the period of use or occupancy of the .structure for times of flooding and only after dciemiming that adequate flood warning time and local flood emergenev response procedures exist. (b) Commercial L'ses - accessory land uses, such as yards, railroad tracks, and parking lots may be at elevations lower than the regulators flood protection elcvaiion. However, a permit for such facilities to be used by the employees or the gencTal public shall not be granted in the absence of a flood warning s\ stem that provides adequate time for evacuation if the area would be inundated to a depth and velocity such ihat when multiplying the depth (in feet) times velocity (in feet per second! the product number excKds four (4> upon occurrence of the regional flood. (c) Manufacturing and InJustnal Uses - measures shall be taken to minimize interference with normal plant operations especially along streams having protracted flood durations Certain accessory land uses such as yards and parking lots may be at lower elevations subject to requirements set out in Section 78- 1122(b) above In considenng permit applications, due consideration shall be given to needs of an indus*.ry whose business requires that it be located in flood plain areas. (d) Fill shall he properly compacted and the slopes shall be p.opcrly protected by the use of riprap, vegetaiivc cover or other acceptable method The Federal Emergency Management Agency (M.MA) has established criteria for removing the special flood hazard area designation for certain structures properlv elevated on fill above the 100-vcar flood elevation - FEMA’s requirements incorporate specific fill compaction and side slope protection standards for mulii-structure or multi-Iot developments These standards should be investigated pnor to the initiation of site preparation if a change of special flood hazard area designation will be requested (c) Hood plain dcvelopmenu shall not adversely affect the hydraulic capatiiv of the channel and adjoining flood plain of any tributary watercourse or drainage system where a floodway or other encroachment limit has not been specified on the Official Floodplain Overlay District Map. (0 (g) Standards for recreational vehicles arc contained in Section 78-1131. All manuiactuted homes must be securely anchored to an adequately anchored foimdation system that resists floution. collapse and lateral movement. Methods of anchoring may include, but are r.ut lO Sr limited to, use of ovcr-thc-top or frame ties to ground anchors. This requiremer • \ ’it iA5dttion to applicable state or local anchoring requirements for resisting wind fw.-'i Dl - ilfi'iSiS V iENERA l flood PLAIN DISTRICT 3 Datna l U»p. 11 •12- --------