Lone Oak City Zoning Code
§ 17 FP
FLOODPLAIN DISTRICT.
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 [as] provided under state law. Further public notice to all downstream property owners within the City of Lone Oak 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)
Agriculture activities, including the ordinary cultivation of land or legal forms of animal husbandry.
(2)
Electrical substation.
(3)
All types of location utilities, including but not limited to water distribution and wastewater collection system, water and wastewater treatment faculties and water quality/monitoring stations or other structure required to provide water and sewage, telephone, gas and electrical service.
(4)
Parks, community centers, playgrounds, public golf courses.
(5)
Private commercial open area amusement such as golf courses, driving ranges, archery courses and similar uses when approved by conditional use zoning action.
(6)
Faculties 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 section. |
There shall be [no] dumping, excavation, storage or filling operation within that portion of a district having a floodplain FP prefix designation except under conditions of this Ordinance. |
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 destination 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 map.
D.
CONDITION 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 administrator fill and development plans (hydraulic calculations concerning maximum high water and flow rates and their effect on abutting, lateral, and downstream properties) 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.
(Ordinance 109A-2018, sec. 17, adopted 5/19/18)