(A) Purpose. The F-1 Floodway Zone is intended to allow unimpeded passage of water during a flood through those areas of the city identified as the floodway by the Federal Insurance Administration of the National Flood Insurance Program of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and shown as such on the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Flood Insurance Rate Map for the city. The purpose of these regulations is to promote the public health, safety, and general welfare, and to minimize public and private losses because of flood conditions. Since the floodway is an extremely hazardous area because of the velocity of flood waters, which carry debris and erosion potential, development is closely regulated.
(B) Principally permitted uses. Those principally permitted uses which are allowed in the underlying zoning district only if a technical evaluation demonstrates that encroachments, fill, new construction, substantial improvements, or other development shall not result in any increase in flood levels during the occurrence of the base flood discharge.
(C) Conditionally permitted uses. Those conditionally permitted uses which are allowed in the underlying zoning district only if a technical evaluation demonstrates that encroachments, fill, new construction, substantial improvements, or other development shall not result in any increase in flood levels during the occurrence of the base flood discharge.
(D) Non-conforming uses. Non-conforming uses in the floodway overlay zone shall not be expanded but may be modified, altered, or repaired to incorporate flood-proofing measures providing the measures do not raise the level of a 100-year flood.
(Res. R22-05-08, passed 5-3-2022; Ord. O22-05-02, passed 5-3-2022)