The following development shall be exempt from compliance with the floodplain standards adopted by or pursuant to this chapter notwithstanding the fact that such development occurs within a special flood hazard area of the city:
A. Any improvement of an existing structure to correct existing violations of any state or local health, sanitary or safety code specifications which have been identified by the city code enforcement officer and which are the minimum necessary to assure safe living conditions; and
B. Any alteration of an historic structure, provided that the alteration will not preclude the structure's continued designation as an historic structure.
(Ord. 2131 §7, Ord. 2370 §15)