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facility would result in danger to the public health or safety, or where such facilities are essential to the orderly functioning of the area. h. Uses and principle structures that do not have a vehicular access at or above an elevation not more than two feet below the regulatory flood protection elevation to lands outside of the floodplain shall not be permitted unless granted a variance in accordance with section 90-38. Such variance shall limit the use or occupancy period to nonflood periods, and may be granted only where adequate warning time is available to vacate the property prior to the driveway becoming impassable. Service facilities, such as electrical and heating equipment, whether inside or outside of a structure, shall be installed at or above the regulatory flood protection elevation, or be adequately floodproofed to avoid damage to the facility during periods of flood. Fill, dredge spoil, and other similar materials deposited or stored in the floodplain district shall be located out of the floodway and protected from erosion by vegetative cover, mulching, riprap, or other method acceptable to the city engineer. k. Dredge spoil sites and mining operations created after the adoption of the ordinance from which this chapter is derived shall not be allowed in the floodway but may be allowed in the flood fringe if a long-term site development plan is submitted that includes erosion/sedimentation prevention. Materials and equipment must be stored on fill to a point at or above the regulatory flood protection elevation. m. The storage or processing of materials that are, in time of flooding, flammable, explosive, or potentially injurious to human, animal, or plant life is prohibited. n. Structural works for flood control that will change the course, current, or cross section of protected wetlands or public waters shall be subject to the provisions of the Minnesota Statutes Chapter 10 (G). Community - wide structural works for flood control intended to remove areas from the floodplain district shall not be allowed in the floodway.