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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 3/19 (i)Annexations. The flood insurance rate map panels adopted by reference in subsection (b) of this section may include floodplain areas that lie outside of the corporate boundaries of the city at the time of adoption of this chapter. If any of these floodplain land areas are annexed into the city after the date of adoption of this chapter, the newly annexed floodplain lands shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter immediately upon the date of annexation into the city. HISTORY Adopted by Ord. 08-253 on 11/3/2021 100.00.030 Establishment Of Zoning Districts (a)Districts. (1)Floodway district. The floodway district shall include those areas designated as floodway on the flood insurance rate map adopted in LEC 100.00.020(b). (2)Flood fringe district. The flood fringe district shall include those areas designated as floodway fringe. The flood fringe district shall include those areas shown on the flood insurance rate map as adopted in LEC 100.00.020(b) as being within Zone AE but being located outside of the floodway. (3)General floodplain district. The general floodplain district shall include those areas designated as Zone A or Zone AE without a floodway on the flood insurance rate map adopted in LEC 100.00.020(b). (b)Compliance. No new structure or land shall hereafter be used and no structure shall be constructed, located, extended, converted, or structurally altered without full compliance with the terms of this chapter and other applicable regulations which apply to uses within the jurisdiction of this chapter. Within the floodway, flood fringe and general floodplain districts, all uses not listed as permitted uses or conditional uses in LEC 100.00.040 through LEC 100.00.060, respectively, shall be prohibited. In addition, a caution is provided here that: (1)New manufactured homes, replacement manufactured homes and certain travel trailers and travel vehicles are subject to the general provisions of this chapter and specifically LEC 100.00.090. (2)Modifications, additions, structural alterations, normal maintenance and repair, or repair after damage to existing nonconforming structures and nonconforming uses of structures or land are regulated by the general provisions of this chapter and specifically LEC 100.00.110. (3)As-built elevations for elevated or floodproofed structures must be certified by ground surveys and floodproofing techniques must be designed and certified by a registered professional engineer or architect as specified in the general provisions of this chapter and specifically as stated in LEC 100.00.100. HISTORY Adopted by Ord. 08-253 on 11/3/2021 100.00.040 Floodway District (FW) (a)Permitted uses. (1)Agricultural uses such as general farming, pasture, grazing, outdoor plant nurseries, horticulture, truck farming, forestry, sod farming, and wild crop harvesting. (2)Industrial-commercial loading areas, parking areas, and airport landing strips.