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e e e ~ ~~HILLS CITY OF ARDEN HILLS MEMORANDUM DATE: October 17, 2001 TO: Mayor and City Council FROM: Aaron Parrish, City Planner SUBJECT: Case #01-15, City of Arden Hills Flood Plain Ordinance Reauest The City of Arden Hills requests consideration of Ordinance #331, an ordinance adopting flood plain management standards with the City of Arden Hills. Backaround The City's current Flood Plain Ordinance, Ordinance #283, was reviewed and adopted as part of the City Code in October 1991. Since this ordinance is left out of the forthcoming codification of the City Code, it is necessary to adopt a new ordinance to ensure continued regulation of the City's flood piain areas. Further, it is necessary to have a Flood Plain Ordinance in effect to receive final approval of our Comprehensive Plan from the Metropolitan Council. The city is required to adopt and enforce regulations for development within Flood Plain areas, the affected areas in the City are unchanged from those originally mapped by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and the regulations are enforceable and working well. Therefore, no amendments to the original ordinance are proposed as part of the new ordinance. The mapped flood plain areas are divided into three districts. In the Floodway district, where the prevention of any obstruction to the flow of fioodwaters is the objective, no permanent structures are permitted. In the Flood Fringe district, the objective is prevention of damage from flooding and the preservation of flood water storage capacity. Deveiopment is generally permitted in the Flood Fringe district if elevated above the predicted flood elevation, or depending on the use, through flood proofing construction techniques. The Ordinance also provides for, reguiation of non conforming uses, and adoption of the Flood Plain Map.