REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL FLOOD PLAIN DISTRICTS

§ 152.030 MINIMUM DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.

   All new construction and substantial improvements must be:

   (A)   Designed (or modified) and adequately anchored to prevent floatation, collapse, or lateral movement of the structure resulting from hydrodynamic and hydrostatic loads, including the effects of buoyancy;

   (B)   Constructed with materials and utility equipment resistant to flood damage;

   (C)   Constructed by methods and practices that minimize flood damage; and

   (D)   Constructed with electrical, heating, ventilation, ductwork, plumbing, and air conditioning equipment and other service facilities that are designed and/or located so as to prevent water from entering or accumulating within the components during conditions of flooding.

(Ord. 481, passed 2-16-2021)

§ 152.031 FLOOD CAPACITY.

   Flood plain developments must not adversely affect the hydraulic capacity of the channel and adjoining flood plain of any tributary watercourse or drainage system.

(Ord. 481, passed 2-16-2021)

§ 152.032 STORAGE AND PROCESSING OF MATERIALS.

   The storage or processing of materials that are, in time of flooding, flammable, explosive, or potentially injurious to human, animal, or plant life is prohibited.

(Ord. 481, passed 2-16-2021)

§ 152.033 CRITICAL FACILITIES.

   Critical facilities, as defined in § 152.015, are to be located, so that the lowest floor is not less than two (2) feet above the regional flood elevation, or the five hundred (500)-year flood elevation, whichever is higher.

(Ord. 481, passed 2-16-2021)

FLOODWAY DISTRICT (FW)

§ 152.040 PERMITTED USES.

   The following uses, subject to the standards set forth in § 152.041, are permitted uses if otherwise allowed in the underlying zoning district or any applicable overlay district:

   (A)   General farming, pasture, grazing, farm fences, outdoor plant nurseries, horticulture, forestry, sod farming, and wild crop harvesting.

   (B)   Industrial and commercial loading areas, parking areas, streets, trails, airport landing strips, railroads, bridges, culverts, utility transmission lines and pipelines.

   (C)   Open space uses, including but not limited to private and public golf courses, tennis courts, driving ranges, archery ranges, picnic grounds, boat launching ramps, swimming areas, parks, wildlife and nature preserves, game farms, fish hatcheries, shooting preserves, hunting and fishing areas, and single or multiple purpose recreational trails.

   (D)   Residential yards, lawns, gardens, parking areas, and play areas, provided these uses do not include associated accessory structures.

   (E)   Grading or land alterations associated with stabilization projects.

(Ord. 481, passed 2-16-2021)