Agenda - Planning Commission - 10/15/2015

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(1) Annexations. The Flood Insurance Rate Map panels adopted by reference into Section 117-181 (c) above may include floodplain areas that lie outside of the corporate boundaries of the city at the time of adoption of this Subdivision. If any of these floodplain land areas are annexed into the city after the date of adoption of this Subdivision, the newly annexed floodplain lands will be subject to the provisions of this Subdivision immediately upon the date of annexation. Sec. 117-182. — Establishment of flood zone districts. (a) Districts. (1) Floodway District. The Floodway District includes those areas designated as floodway on the Flood Insurance Rate Map adopted in Section 117-181. For lakes, wetlands and other basins (that do not have a floodway designated), the Floodway District includes those areas designated as Zone A or AE on the Flood Insurance Rate Map that are at or below the ordinary high water level as defined in Minnesota Statutes, Section 103G.005, subdivision 14. (2) Flood Fringe District. The Flood Fringe District includes those areas designated as floodway fringe on the Flood Insurance Rate Map adopted in Section 117-181 as being within Zone AE but being located outside of the floodway. For lakes, wetlands and other basins (that do not have a floodway designated), the Flood Fringe District includes those areas designated as Zone A or AE on the Flood Insurance Rate Map panels adopted in Section 117-181 that are below the 1% annual chance (100 -year) flood elevation but above the ordinary high water level as defined in Minnesota Statutes, Section 103G.005, subdivision 14. (3) General Floodplain District. The General Floodplain District includes those areas designated as Zone A or Zone AE without a floodway on the Flood Insurance Rate Map adopted in Section 117-181, but not subject to the criteria in Section 117-182 (a)(1) and (2) above. (b) Compliance. Within the floodplain districts established in this Subdivision, the use of any land, the use, size, type and location of structures on lots, the installation and maintenance of transportation, utility, water supply and waste treatment facilities, and the subdivision of land must comply with the terms of this ordinance and other applicable regulations. All uses not listed as permitted uses or conditional uses in Sections 117-183, 117-184, and 117-185, respectively, are prohibited. In addition, a caution is provided here that: (1) New and replacement manufactured homes and certain recreational vehicles are subject to the general provisions of this Subdivision and specifically Section 117-188. (2) Modifications, additions, structural alterations, normal maintenance and repair, or repair after damage to existing nonconforming structures and nonconforming uses of structures or land are regulated by the general provisions of this Subdivision and specifically Section 117-190. (3) All structures must be constructed with electrical, heating, ventilation, plumbing, and air conditioning equipment and other service facilities that are designed and/or located so as to prevent water from entering or accumulating within the components during conditions of flooding. (4) As -built elevations for elevated or floodproofed structures must be certified by ground surveys and flood -proofing techniques must be designed and certified by a registered professional engineer or architect as specified in the general provisions of this Subdivision and specifically as stated in Section 117-189. Sec. 117-183. — Floodway District (FW) (a) Permitted uses. The following uses, subject to the standards set forth in 117-183 (b), are permitted uses if otherwise allowed in the underlying zoning district or any applicable overlay district: