Agenda - Planning Commission - 10/15/2015

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(2) The cumulative placement of fill or similar material on a parcel must not exceed 1,000 cubic yards, unless the fill is specifically intended to elevate a structure in accordance with subsection (a) above, or if allowed as a conditional use under Section 117-184(c)(3) below. (3) The storage of any materials or equipment must be elevated on fill to the regulatory flood protection elevation. (4) The storage or processing of materials that are, in time of flooding, flammable, explosive, or potentially injurious to human, animal, or plant life is prohibited. (5) Fill must be properly compacted and the slopes must be properly protected by the use of riprap, vegetative cover or other acceptable method. (6) All new principal structures must have vehicular access at or above an elevation not more than two feet below the regulatory flood protection elevation, or must have a flood warning /emergency evacuation plan acceptable to the City. (7) Accessory uses such as yards, railroad tracks, and parking lots may be at an elevation lower than the regulatory flood protection elevation. However, any facilities used by employees or the general public must be designed with a flood warning system that provides adequate time for evacuation if the area is inundated to a depth and velocity such that the depth (in feet) multiplied by the velocity (in feet per second) would exceed a product of four upon occurrence of the regional (1% chance) flood. (8) Interference with normal manufacturing/industrial plant operations must be minimized, especially along streams having protracted flood durations. In considering permit applications, due consideration must be given to the needs of industries with operations that require a floodplain location. (9) Flood fringe developments must not adversely affect the hydraulic capacity of the channel and adjoining floodplain of any tributary watercourse or drainage system. (10)Manufactured homes and recreational vehicles must meet the standards of Section 117-188. (c) Conditional Uses. The following uses and activities may be allowed as conditional uses, if allowed in the underlying zoning district(s) or any applicable overlay district, following the procedures in Section 117-189(d). Conditional uses must meet the standards in (4) through (10) above and Section 117-184(d). (1) Any structure that is not elevated on fill or floodproofed in accordance with Section 117- 184(b)(1)a. and b. (2) Storage of any material or equipment below the regulatory flood protection elevation. (3) The cumulative placement of more than 1,000 cubic yards of fill when the fill is not being used to elevate a structure in accordance with (b)(1) above. (d) Standards for Flood Fringe Conditional Uses. (1) The standards listed in Section 117-184(b) (4) through (10) apply to all conditional uses. (2) Basements, as defined in subsection 117-1, are subject to the following: a. Residential basement construction is not allowed below the regulatory flood protection elevation. b. Non-residential basements may be allowed below the regulatory flood protection elevation provided the basement is structurally dry floodproofed in accordance with 117-184(d)(3). (3) All areas of nonresidential structures, including basements, to be placed below the regulatory flood protection elevation must be floodproofed in accordance with the structurally dry floodproofing classifications in the MN State Building Code. Structurally dry floodproofing must meet the FP -1 or FP -2 floodproofing classification in the MN State Building Code, which requires making the structure watertight with the walls substantially impermeable to the passage of water and with structural components capable of resisting hydrostatic and hydrodynamic loads and the effects of buoyancy. Structures wet floodproofed to the FP -3 or FP -4 classification are not permitted.