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10/16/23, 10:01 AM Print Preview https://lakeelmo.municipalcodeonline.com/book/print?type=ordinances&name=TITLE_100_FLOODPLAIN_MANAGEMENT 11/19 (c)Removal of special flood hazard area designation. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has established criteria for removing the special flood hazard area designation for certain structures properly elevated on fill above the 100-year flood elevation. FEMA's requirements incorporate specific fill compaction and side slope protection standards for multi- structure or multi-lot developments. These standards should be investigated prior to the initiation of site preparation if a change of special flood hazard area designation will be requested. HISTORY Adopted by Ord. 08-253 on 11/3/2021 100.00.080 Public Utilities, Railroads, Roads And Bridges (a)Public utilities. All public utilities and facilities such as gas, electrical, sewer, and water supply systems to be located in the floodplain shall be floodproofed in accordance with the state building code or elevated to above the regulatory flood protection elevation. (b)Public transportation facilities. Railroad tracks, roads, and bridges to be located within the floodplain shall comply with LEC 100.00.040 and LEC 100.00.050. Elevation to the regulatory flood protection elevation shall be provided where failure or interruption of these transportation facilities would result in danger to the public health or safety or where such facilities are essential to the orderly functioning of the area. Limited access roads or railroads may be constructed at a lower elevation where failure or interruption of transportation services would not endanger the public health or safety. (c)On-site sewage treatment and water supply systems. (1)Where public utilities are not provided: a.On-site water supply systems must be designed to minimize or eliminate infiltration of floodwaters into the systems; and b.New or replacement on-site sewage treatment systems must be designed to minimize or eliminate infiltration of floodwaters into the systems and discharges from the systems into floodwaters and they shall not be subject to impairment or contamination during times of flooding. (2)Any sewage treatment system designed in accordance with the state's current statewide standards for on-site sewage treatment systems shall be determined to be in compliance with this section. HISTORY Adopted by Ord. 08-253 on 11/3/2021 100.00.090 Manufactured Homes And Manufactured Home Parks And Placement Of Recreational Vehicles (a)New manufactured home parks and expansions to existing manufactured home parks shall be subject to the provisions placed on subdivisions by LEC 100.00.070. (b)(1)The placement of new or replacement manufactured homes in existing manufactured home parks or on individual lots of record that are located in floodplain districts will be treated as a new structure and may be placed only if elevated in compliance with LEC 100.00.050. If vehicular road access for pre-existing manufactured home parks is not provided in accordance with LEC 100.00.050(e)(1), then replacement manufactured