Lands subject to flooding, or otherwise deemed uninhabitable in their natural state shall not be platted for residential use, or for any other use that might create a danger to health, safety, or property, or which might increase the flood hazard within or outside the subdivision. Such lands shall be set aside for recreational use or shall be retained in their natural state as open space, provided, however, that such lands may be platted and developed if the features making the lands uninhabitable can reasonably be removed without destruction of adjacent or nearby property or desirable natural features of the land, and if approval is obtained from all the plat approval authorities required to review plats under the Subdivision Control Act and this chapter. Any areas of land within the proposed subdivision which lie either wholly or partly within the flood plain of a river, stream, creek, or lake, or any other areas which are subject to flooding by storm water shall be clearly shown on the preliminary plats and the final plat.
(1984 Code, § 5.569)