(A) Adoption of the National Flood Insurance Program Regulations. The National Flood Insurance Program regulations, as codified in 44 CFR Parts 59 to 78, and any amendments thereto established and adopted from time to time, are hereby adopted by reference as though set forth verbatim herein.
(B) Adoption of Flood Insurance Study and Flood Insurance Rate Maps. The Flood Insurance Study, “Dakota County, Minnesota And Incorporated Areas,” Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) panels therein for the city numbered 27037C0090E, 27037C0201E, 27037C0203E, 27037C0204E, and 27037C0208E, and Flood Insurance Rate Map index sheet numbered 27037CIND1A, all of these documents with an effective date of December 2, 2011, and developed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, are hereby adopted by reference as the official floodplain zoning district map and made a part of this section.
(C) Lands to which floodplain regulations apply. Regulations in this section shall apply to all lands designated on the city's FIRM as floodplain within the jurisdiction of the city.
(D) Map interpretation. The boundaries of the Floodplain District shall be determined by scaling distances on the official floodplain district map. Where interpretation is needed as to the exact location of the boundaries of the Floodplain District, the city shall make the necessary interpretations, based on elevations of the regional (100-year) flood and the ground elevations on the site that existed on the date of adoption of this chapter.
(E) Relationship to other city zoning regulations. The Floodplain Zoning District shall be considered an overlay zoning district to all existing land use regulations of the city. The permitted and conditional uses set forth in this section shall be permitted only if the use is a permitted or conditional use in the established, underlying zoning district as set forth elsewhere in this chapter. The requirements of this section shall apply in addition to other legally established regulations of the city and, where they impose greater restrictions, the floodplain regulations contained in this section shall apply.
(Ord. 927, passed 10-27-11)