(A) Utilities and private service facilities. All utilities and facilities such as gas, electrical, sewer and water supply systems to be located in the floodplain must be elevated to the Regulatory Flood Protection Elevation (RFPE) or located and constructed to minimize or eliminate flood damage.
(B) Public transportation facilities. Railroad tracks, roads and bridges to be located within the floodplain shall comply with §§ 151.11 and 151.12. Elevation to the regulatory flood protection elevation shall be provided where failure or interruption of these transportation facilities would result in danger to the public health or safety or where the facilities are essential to the orderly functioning of the area. Minor or auxiliary roads or railroads may be constructed at a lower elevation where failure or interruption of transportation services would not endanger the public health or safety.
(C) On-site sewage treatment and water supply systems.
(1) Where public utilities are not provided:
(a) On-site water supply systems must be designed to minimize or eliminate infiltration of flood waters into the systems and are subject to the provisions in Minn. Rules, Part 4725.4350, as amended; and
(b) New or replacement on-site sewage treatment systems must be designed to minimize or eliminate infiltration of flood waters into the systems and discharges from the systems into flood waters and they shall not be subject to impairment or contamination during times of flooding and are subject to the provisions in Minn. Rules, Part 7080.2270, amended.
(2) Any sewage treatment system designed in accordance with the state's current statewide standards for on-site sewage treatment systems shall be determined to be in compliance with this section.
(Ord. 161, passed 3-5-2012; Ord. 202, passed 9-20-2021)