All utilities such as gas, electrical, sewer, and water supply systems to be located in the floodplain must be elevated and/or floodproofed to the Regulatory Flood Protection Elevation (RFPE), be located and constructed to minimize or eliminate flood damage, and be designed to eliminate infiltration of flood waters into the systems and discharges from the systems into flood waters. All public utilities should be designed to minimize increases in flood elevations. New solid waste management facilities, as defined in Minnesota Rules, part 7035.0300, are prohibited in the 1% annual chance floodplain. Water supply systems are subject to the provisions in Minnesota Rules, part 4725.4350.
(Ord. 406, passed 11-27-1989; Ord. 607, 7-8-2024)