Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Applies near
- 100-year floodplainFloodplainLand expected to flood at a stated frequency, where building carries extra conditions.
- Geographic extent
- Floodway DistrictZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2. within the special flood hazard area
Uses
Permitted by right4
- Agricultural uses such as general farming, pasture, grazing, outdoor plant nurseries, horticulture, truck farming, forestry, sod farming and wild crop harvesting
- Public and private recreational uses and activities such as parks, day camps, picnic grounds, golf courses, boat launching and swimming areas, horseback riding and hiking trails, wildlife and nature preserves, game farms, fish hatcheries, trap and skeet game ranges and hunting and fishing areas
- Accessory residential uses such as yard areas, gardens, play areas and previous loading areas
- Accessory industrial and commercial uses such as yard areas, previous parking and loading areas, airport landing strips
Conditional / special use8
- Commercial recreational use open to public or private membership, not including enclosed structures except toilet facilities
- Outlet installations for sewage treatment plants or sewage pumping stations
- Sealed public water supply wells
- Dams, culverts and bridges
- Sanitary or storm sewers impoundment basins
- Roads, driveways or parking areas
- Buildings allowed in primary zoning district if adequate building methods to eliminate flooding
- All facilities required by electric utilities
Prohibited1
- Any encroachment, fill, new construction, substantial improvement or other development that would cause any increase in the 100-year flood elevation
Extracted standards
1 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Floodplain
- No increase in flood elevation0 ft
No encroachments permitted unless no increase in 100-year flood elevation.
From the ordinance
In the Floodway District, no encroachments, including fill, new construction, substantial improvements or other development, shall be permitted unless it has been demonstrated through hydrologic and hydraulic analyses that the proposed encroachment would not result in any increase in the 100-year flood elevation.
Use details
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"dropped_conditions": {
"conditional_uses": [
"Similar uses in compliance with intent"
]
}
}