(a)

Floodplain prefix to district designation. The FP prefix designation constitutes a zoning overlay district, and the addition or removal of the FP prefix constitutes zoning action requiring due process provided under state law. Further public notice to all downstream property owners within the city with like FP zoning is required prior to any such zoning action. To provide for the appropriate use of land which has a history of inundation or is determined to be subject to flood hazard, and to promote the health, safety and general welfare of the community, portions of certain districts are designated with a floodplain prefix FP and shall be subject to the following provisions.

(b)

Permitted uses. In this district, no land shall be used except for one or more of the following permitted uses, to the extent that they are not prohibited by other regulations or ordinances, and provided that such uses do not require above ground structures, filling or storage of material or equipment, except as herein specifically authorized.

(1)

Agricultural activities including the ordinary cultivation of land or legal forms of animal husbandry.

(2)

Electrical substation.

(3)

All types of local utilities, including, but not limited, to water distribution and waste water collection systems, water and waste water treatment facilities and water quality/monitoring stations or other structures required to provide water and sewage, telephone, gas and electrical services.

(4)

Parks, community centers, playgrounds, public golf courses.

(5)

Private commercial open area amusements such as golf courses, driving ranges, archery courses and similar uses when approved by conditional use zoning action.

(6)

Facilities that would warrant no flood protection, such as accessory private open space in conjunction with commercial or residential development, community unit recreational areas or recreation developments.

(7)

Parking areas associated with a part of contiguous land use.

No building or structure shall be erected in that portion of a district designated with a floodplain FP prefix other than those listed in this subsection. There shall be no dumping, excavation, storage or filling operations within that portion of a district having a floodplain FP prefix designation except under conditions of this chapter.

(c)

Conditions for adding FP prefix designation. The city council may, after a public hearing, amend the zoning classification of any property by adding the floodplain FP prefix designation based on hydraulic engineering studies indicating new boundaries of the area that is subject to inundation by floodwaters. The city council shall provide for the addition of such floodplain FP prefix designation to the zoning district maps.

(d)

Conditions for removal of FP prefix designation. The city council, in considering and determining its decision relative to any application for the removal of the floodplain FP prefix designation, shall require the applicant to furnish, to the city, fill and development plans, and data concerning the operation, location, function and characteristics of any use of land or building proposed. The application will not be scheduled for public hearing until the city engineer certifies information furnished is adequate for review and comment as required in this section.

(Ord. No. 953, 12-12-2005; Ord. No. O-2021-0008, § 1, 6-21-2021)

Editor's note— Ord. No. O-2021-0008, § 1, adopted June 21, 2021, renumbered the former § 71-19 as § 71-23 and enacted a new § 71-23 as set out herein. The historical notation has been retained with the amended provisions for reference purposes.