§ 151.045 PERMITTED USES IN FLOODWAY.

   Development allowed in the Floodway District is limited to that which has low flood damage potential and will not obstruct flood flows, increase velocities, or increase the water surface elevations of the 1% annual chance flood. The following uses and activities may be allowed with a permit, subject to the standards in § 151.046:

   (A)   Agricultural uses, recreational uses, parking lots, loading areas, airport landing strips, water control structures, navigational facilities, as well as public open space uses.

   (B)   Roads, driveways, railroads, trails, bridges, and culverts.

   (C)   Public utility facilities and water-oriented industries which must be in or adjacent to watercourses.

   (D)   Grading, filling, land alterations, and shoreline stabilization projects.

   (E)   No structures, as defined in § 151.013, are allowed in the Floodway District, except structures accessory to the uses detailed in division (A) above and § 151.047(A), which require a CUP under Section 151.047(B).

   (F)   Levees or dikes intended to protect agricultural crops, provided the top of the dike does not exceed the 10% annual chance flood event.

(Ord. 406, passed 11-217-1989; Ord. 607, passed 7-8-2024)