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10/16/23, 10:01 AM Print Preview <br />https://lakeelmo.municipalcodeonline.com/book/print?type=ordinances&name=TITLE_100_FLOODPLAIN_MANAGEMENT 6/19 <br />b.Storage of other materials or equipment may be allowed if readily removable from <br />the area within the time available after a flood warning and in accordance with a <br />plan approved by the governing body. <br />(7)Structural works for flood control that will change the course, current or cross-section of <br />protected wetlands or public waters shall be subject to the provisions of M.S.A. ch. <br />103G. Community-wide structural works for flood control intended to remove areas from <br />the regulatory floodplain shall not be allowed in the floodway. <br />(8)A levee, dike or floodwall constructed in the floodway shall not cause an increase to the <br />100-year or regional flood and the technical analysis must assume equal conveyance or <br />storage loss on both sides of a stream. <br />HISTORY <br />Adopted by Ord. 08-253 on 11/3/2021 <br />100.00.050 Flood Fringe District (FF) <br />(a)Permitted uses. Permitted uses shall be those uses of land or structures listed as permitted <br />uses in the underlying zoning use district. If no pre-existing, underlying zoning use districts exist, <br />then any residential or nonresidential structure or use of a structure or land shall be a permitted <br />use in the flood fringe district provided such use does not constitute a public nuisance. All <br />permitted uses shall comply with the standards for flood fringe district permitted uses listed in <br />subsection (b) of this section and the standards for all flood fringe uses listed in subsection (e) <br />of this section. <br />(b)Standards for flood fringe permitted uses. <br />(1)All structures, including accessory structures, must be elevated on fill so that the lowest <br />floor, including basement floor, is at or above the regulatory flood protection elevation. <br />The finished fill elevation for structures shall be no lower than one foot below the <br />regulatory flood protection elevation and the fill shall extend at such elevation at least 15 <br />feet beyond the outside limits of the structure erected thereon. <br />(2)As an alternative to elevation on fill, accessory structures that constitute a minimal <br />investment and that do not exceed 500 square feet at its largest projection may be <br />internally floodproofed in accordance with LEC 100.00.040(d)(5)c. <br />(3)The cumulative placement of fill where at any one time in excess of 1,000 cubic yards of <br />fill is located on the parcel shall be allowable only as a conditional use, unless said fill is <br />specifically intended to elevate a structure in accordance with subsection (b)(1) of this <br />section. <br />(4)The storage of any materials or equipment shall be elevated on fill to the regulatory flood <br />protection elevation. <br />(5)The provisions of subsection (e) of this section shall apply. <br />(c)Conditional uses. Any structure that is not elevated on fill or floodproofed in accordance with <br />subsections (b)(1) and (2) of this section and/or any use of land that does not comply with the <br />standards in subsections (b)(3) and (4) of this section shall only be allowable as a conditional <br />use. An application for a conditional use shall be subject to the standards and criteria and <br />evaluation procedures specified in subsections (d) and (e) of this section and LEC 100.00.010. <br />(d)Standards for flood fringe conditional uses.