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be permitted within the flood plain unless emergency plans and procedures for action to be taken in the event of flooding are prepared, filed with, and approwd by th_'. ilinnesc, ta POlldtion .Contr. ol Agoncy~ ~ l~h3 emerg3ncy plans and' ~rocedures must provide for measur6s to pruv~nl~ introduction of any pollutant or to.xic mzterial in{.o th~ flood ¥~ators. .. (b) There shall be no disposal of garbage or solid ¥~aste materials ~.:ithin flood fringe areas except upon issuance of a Conditional Use Permit at sites approved by the l.)innesota Pollution Control ,~,gency. Flood Control ?lorks. Flood control ?;orks shall be subject to the provisions of Section 13-11~..5,H, and the following provisions: (a) The minimum height and design of any dikes, levees, floodwalls or similar structural works shall be based upon the flood profile of the regional flood confined between the structures subject to the follm,ying: For urban areas the minimum height and design of structural v.~orks shall be at least three feet above the elevation of the regional flood or at the elevation of the standard project flood, whichever is greater. Hodifications and additions to existing structural ?~orks shall assure that the work will provide a moans of decreasing tile flood damage potential in tile area-. Any existing strL~ctural work ~?hich potentially threatens public health or sa:fury shall be modified or reconstructed in order to meet the standards contained herein within a period of one year of the effective date of this Ordinance. Flood protection elevations and floodway limits which reflect proposed measures for flood control shall not be effective until such measures are constructed and operative unless the proposed measures will incr. ease flood heights, in which event, the regulatory flood protection elevations and flood plain limits shall reflOct'the anticipated .increa§es.