(A) The following uses having a low flood-damage potential and which present either no, or minimal obstruction to flood flows, shall be permitted within the floodway district to the extent that they are not prohibited by any other ordinance and provided they do not require structures, fill, or storage of materials or equipment. No use shall in any manner, affect the capacity of the channels or floodways of any tributary to the main stream, drainage ditch, or any other drainage facility or system.
(B) Approval from the State of Michigan Department of Natural Resources is required for construction activity such as the following, to be permitted in the floodway and flood-way fringe areas of the Flood Prevention District:
(1) Recreation uses: Parks, playgrounds, play fields, bridle paths, nature trails, natural wildlife preserves, outdoor tennis courts, archery ranges, boat launching ramps, target ranges, trap and skeet ranges. game farms, fish hatcheries, and similar uses.
(2) Golf courses and driving ranges: In accordance with the requirements of the zoning ordinance of the township.
(3) Agricultural uses: General farming, pasture, grazing, outdoor plant nurseries, horticulture, viticulture, truck farming, and wild-crop farming.
(4) Vegetated buffers: Existing and/or constructed vegetative buffers.
(5) Uses incidental to single-family dwellings: Lawns, gardens, and play areas.
(6) Parking areas: Provided said parking areas are unpaved and are incidental to those uses permitted in the subdivisions listed above.
(7) Uses not permitted: Permitted uses in underlying zoning districts shall not be construed as being permitted uses in the floodway area of the Flood Prevention District unless those uses are indicated as being permitted in the subdivisions listed above.
(Ord. passed 3-25-2008)