August Dane County Code of Ordinances

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2a-53 Zonint.'. 1 I. I (c) Minimize damage to public facilities on after covered by flood water during the re- the flood plains such as water mains, sewer gional flood and encompasses both the lines, streets and bridges. Floodway and Flood Fringe Districts. Within these districts, all uses not listed as (1) Minimize the occurence of future flood permitted uses shall be prohibited. blight areas on flood plains; and (b) Where flood profiles exist, the location (g) Discourage the victimization of unwary of flood plain boundaries shall be deter- land and home buyers. mined by using the scale appearing on the map. Where the conflict exists between the Section 11.12 General Provisions. flood plain limits listed on the maps and the actual field conditions, the elevations shall (1) Areas to be Regulated. Areas regulated be,the governing factor in locating regula- tory flood plain limits. Disputes shall be set- r unincorporated limits of Dane County, Wis- tied according to Section 11.17 (3) (b) 1. cousin, that would he inundated by the "re- Mapping Disputes, of this ordinance. -- — gional flood" defined in the Definitions Sec- tion 11.20(1)(dd). 1. When no flood profiles exist, the loca- tion of the flood plain boundary line shown - - (2) District Boundary. The boundary of on the map shall be determined by the Zon- the flood plain districts and where shown, ing Administrator based on visual on-site in- the floodway and flood fringe districts, shall spection and other available information. --- be those areas designated as A-Zones on the Where there is a significant conflict between Flood Insurance Study Maps with corre- a flood plain boundary illustrated on the sponding profiles from the Flood Insurance map and the actual field conditions, the dis- __ pute shall be settled according to ^} Studies �or Dane County. This map dated p g the proce- September 28, 1978, and a revision dated dure established in Section 11.17 (3) (b) 1. i- February 8, 1980, is the official flood plain Mapping Disputes, of this ordinance. Where zoning map for the community and has been a map amendment has been approved by approved by the Department of Natural Re- both the County Board and the Department sources and the Federal Insurance Adminis- of Natural Resources, the Zoning Adminis- tration Office (FIA) of the Federal Emer- trator shall have the authority to grant or - - gency Management Agency (FEMA) and is deny a land use permit. Permits for land on file in the Office of the Zoning Adminis- determined to be in the flood plain shall be trator. processed in accordance with Section 11.17 J (4)of this ordinance. (a) Establishment of Districts. The flood - I, ■ plain areas within the jurisdiction of this'or- (c) Compliance with the provisions of this ; J dinance are hereby divided into three dis- ordinance shall not be grounds for the re- tricts: The Floodway District (FW), Flood moval of lands from the flood plain district Fringe District (FF), and General Flood unless such lands are filled to a height of at Plain District (GFP), defined as follows: least two feet above the elevation of the "re- -- gional flood" for the particular area and are 1. The floodway district consists of the contiguous to other lands lying outside the channel of a stream and those portions of flood plain district, approval has been the flood plain adjoining the channel that granted by the Department of Natural Re- are required to carry and discharge the flood sources pursuant to Section 11.18 of this or- 1 ' waters or flood flows of any river or stream . dinance, and, where required, an "official _, associated with the regional flood. letter of map amendment" has been issued by the FIA of the Federal Emergency Man- . 2. The flood fringe district consists of that agement Agency (FEMA). portion of the flood plain between the re- gional flood limits and the floodway area. (3) Effect of Flood Plain District Regula- tions. The regulations set forth in this ordi- 3. The general flood plain district consists -- - of the land which has been or may be here- �...._ .,. . . ...