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of water and with structural components having the capability of resisting hydrostatie and hydrodynamic loads and the effects of buoyancy. Structures /1ood proofed to the FP-3 and FP-4 classification shall not be permitted. E. When at anyone time more than one thousand (1,000) cubic yards of fill or . other similar material is located on a parcd fix such activitics as on-site storage, landscaping. sand and gravel operations. landfills. roads, dredge spoil disposal or construction of flood control works. an erosion/sedimentation control plan shall be submitted unless the community is enforcing a State-approved shoreland management ordinance. In the absence of a State-approved shoreland ordinance. the plan shall clearly spccify methods to be used to stabilin~ the fill on site for a flood event at a minimum of the 100-year or regional flood event. The plan shall be prepared and certified by a registcred professional engineer or other qualified individual acceptable to thc City. The plan may ineorporate alternative proeedures for removal of the material from the flood plain if adequate /1ood warning time exists. F. Storage of Materials and Equipment. I. The storage or processing of matcria)s that are. in time of flooding, flammable. explosive, or potentially injurious to human, animal. or plant life shall be prohibited. 2. Storage of other materials may be allowed if readily rl'llJovablc from the area within the time available after a flood warning and in accordance with a plan approved by the City Council. Subd.S Standards for All Flood Fringe Uses. A. All new principal structures shall have vehicular access at or above an elevation not more than two (2) feet below the Regulatory Flood Protection Elevation. If a variance to this rcquirement is granted. the Board of Adjustment shall spcci fy . limitations on the period of use or occupancy of the structure for times of flooding and only after determining that adequate flood warning time and local /1ood cmergency response procedures exist. B. Commercial Uses. Accessory land uses, such as yards, railroad tracks, and parking lots may be at elevations lowcr than the Regulatory Flood Protection Elevation. However, a permit for such facilities to be uscd by the employees or the gencral publie shall not be b'Tanted in the absence of a flood warning system that provides adequate time for evacuation if the area would be inundated to a depth greater than two (2) feet or be subject to flood velocities greatl'r than (4) feet per second upon occurrence ofthc regiona) flood. C. Manufacturing and ]ndustrial Uses. Measures shall be taken to minimize interference with normal plans operations especially along streams having protracted flood durations. Certain accessory land uses such as yards and parking lots may be at lower elevations subject to requirements sct out in Paragraph B abovc. ]n considering permit applications. due consideration shall Se(;tion 13 3 5 .. Flood Plains Pag.' 8 of 1'1 .