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C. Standards for Floodway Special Uses 1. All Uses. No structure (temporary or permanent), fill (including fill for roads and levees), deposit, obstruction, storage of materials, or equipment, or other uses may be allowed as a Special Use which, acting alone or in combination with existing or reasonably anticipated future uses, adversely affects the capacity of -t-he-flood- way. 2. Fill. Any fill proposed to be deposited in the floodway must be shown to have some beneficial purpo5es and the amount thereof must not exceed that necessary to achieve the intended purpose, as demon- strated by a plan submitted by the owner showing the uses to which the filled land will be put and the final dimensions of the proposed fill or other materials. Such fill or other materials shall be protected against erosion by rip-rap, vegetative cover, or bulkheading. 3. Storage of Materials and Equipment (1) The storage or processing of materials that are, in time of flooding, flammable, explosive, or potentially injurious to human, animal, or plant life is prohibited. (2) Storage of other materia1s or equipment may be allowed if readily removable from the area within the time available after a flood warning. 4. Structural Works for Flood Control. Levees, dikes, and floodwalls shall not be constructed within the limits of the Floodway District. Other structural works for flood control such as dams and channel enlargements that will change the course, current, or cross-section of a public water shall be subject to the provisions of Minnesota Statutes 1974, Chapter 105. 5. Utilities, Railroad Tracks, Streets, and Bridges. Public utility facilities, roads, railroad tracks, and bridges within the flood plain shall conform to the requirements of Sections IV-C1 and IU-C2 and shall be designed to minimize increases in flood elevations. Pro- tection to the regulatory flood protection elevation shall be pro- vided where failure or interruption of these public faeilities would result in danger to the public or safety or where such facilities are essential to the orderly functioning of the area. Where failure or interruption of service would not endanger life or health, a lesser degree of protection may be provided for minor or auxiliary roads, railroads, or utilities. SECTION V FLOOD FRINGE DISTRICT (FF) - A: Permitted Uses Land in the Flood Fringe District shall be used only for the uses permitted in the Zoning District in which the land is located, provided, however, that no use shall be permitted which will reduce or atherwise adversely affect the capacity of the channels or floodways of any tributary to the main stream, or of any drainage ditch, or any other drainage facility or system. The following uses shall be permitted uses within the Flood Fringe District to 5