(a) Allowable Obstructions or Increases. Obstructions or increases may only be permitted if amendments are made to this Chapter, the official floodplain zoning maps, floodway lines and water surface profiles, in accordance with Subsection (b) below:
(1) In AE Zones with a mapped floodway, no obstructions or increases shall be permitted unless the applicant receives a Conditional Letter of Map Revision from FEMA and amendments are made to this Chapter, the official floodplain zoning maps, floodway lines and water surface profiles, in accordance with Section 13-2-81. Any such alterations must be reviewed and approved by FEMA and the DNR.
(2) In A Zones increases equal to or greater th.an one (1.0) foot may only be permitted if the applicant receives a Conditional Letter of Map Revision from FEMA and amendments are made to this Chapter, the official floodplain maps, floodway lines, and water surface profiles, in accordance with Subsection 13-2-81.
(b) General Amendments. The Village Board may change or supplement the floodplain zoning district boundaries and this Chapter in the manner outlined in Section 13-2-81. Actions which require an amendment to this Chapter and/or submittal of a Letter of Map Change (LOMC) include, but are not limited to, the following:
(1) Any fill or floodway encroachment that obstructs flow causing any increase in the regional flood height;
(2) Any change to the floodplain boundaries and/or watercourse alterations on the FIRM;
(3) Any changes to any other officially adopted floodplain maps listed in 13-2-5(b);
(4) Any floodplain fill which raises the elevation of the filled area to a height at or above the flood protection elevation and is contiguous to land lying outside the floodplain;
(5) Correction of discrepancies between the water surface profiles and floodplain zoning maps;
(6) Any upgrade to a floodplain zoning ordinance text required by NR 116.05, Wis. Adm. Code, or otherwise required by law, or for changes by the Village of Edgar; and
(7) All channel relocations and changes to the maps to alter floodway lines or to remove an area from the floodway or the floodfringe that is based on a base flood elevation from a FIRM requires prior approval by FEMA.
[Note: Consult the FEMA web site - www.fema.gov - for a current map change fee schedule.]