Ord #016-3rd Ser/Amending code re: floodplain management

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2. Storage of other materials or equipment may be allowed if readily removable from the area within the time available after a flood warning and in accordance with a plan approved by the City Council. (g) Flood Control. Structural works for flood control that will change the course, current or cross section of protected wetlands 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 the regulatory flood plain shall not be allowed in the floodway. (h) A levee,dike or floodwall constructed in the floodway shall not cause an increase to the 100-year or regional flood and the technical analysis must assume equal conveyance or storage loss on both sides of a stream. DNISION 5.FLOOD FRINGE DISTRICT(FF) Sec.78-1118 Permitted Uses (a) The uses listed in 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 permitted uses in the underlying zoning use district(s). If no pre-existing,underlying zoning use 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 with the standards for Flood Fringe District"Permitted Uses"listed in Section 78-1119 and the "Standards for 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 shall extend at such elevation at least fifteen(15)feet beyond the outside limits of the structure erected thereon. (b) As an alternative to elevation on fill, accessory structures that constitute a minimal investment and that do not exceed 500 square feet at its largest projection may be internally flood proofed in accordance with Section 78-1117(e)(3). (c) The cumulative placement of fill where at any one time in excess of one- thousand(1,000)cubic yards of fill is located on the parcel shall be allowable only as a conditional use,unless said fill is specifically intended to elevate a structure in accordance with Section 78-1119(a)of this ordinance. (d) The storage of any materials or equipment shall be elevated on fill to the regulatory flood protection elevation. (e) The provisions of Section 78-1122 of this Ordinance shall apply. Page 10 of 24