Quinlan City Zoning Code
§ 18
“FP” FLOOD PLAIN DISTRICT.
General Purpose and Description: 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 general welfare and provide protection from flooding portions of certain districts are designated with a Flood Plain Prefix, FP. Areas designated on the Zoning District Map by an FP prefix shall be subject to the following provisions:
18.1
Permitted Uses:
The permitted uses in that portion of any district having a Flood Plain (FP) prefix shall be limited to the following:
A.
Agricultural activities including the ordinary cultivation or grazing of land and legal types of animal husbandry, but excluding construction of barns or other outbuildings.
B.
Off-street parking incidental to any adjacent main use permitted in the district.
C.
Electrical substation.
D.
All types of local utilities including those requiring specific use permits.
E.
Parks, community centers, playgrounds, public golf courses (no structures), and other recreational areas.
F.
Private open space as part of a Planned Residential Development.
G.
Structures, installations and facilities installed, operated and maintained by public agencies for flood control purposes.
H.
Bridle trail, bicycle or nature trail.
18.2
No building or structure shall be erected in that portion of any district designated with a Flood Plain, FP, prefix until and unless such building or structure has been approved by the City Council after engineering studies have been made, and it is ascertained that such building or structure is not subject to damage by flooding and would not constitute and encroachment, hazard, or obstacle to the movement of floodwaters and that such construction would not endanger the value and safety of other property or the public health and welfare.
(Ordinance 299-000, sec. 17, adopted 9/18/91; Ordinance 269-002 adopted 2/12/07; Ordinance 07-753-00, sec. 18, adopted 6/11/07)