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2a-63 Zoning 11.18 to time, alter, supplement or change the amendments, until an official letter of map f-,, boundaries of use districts and the regula- amendment has been issued by the Federal tions contained in the ordinance in the man- Insurance Administration of HUD. _. `-J ner provided by law. Official amendments are required for any changes in the official Section 11.19 Enforcement and Penalties. floodway lines, water surface profiles, flood -- plain zoning maps or flood plain zoning or- Any violations of the provisions of this or- dinance. Actions which require an amend- dinance by any person, firm, association, ment include, but are not limted to the fol- corporation (including building contractors) i__,� lowing: or his or their agent, shall be unlawful and shall be forwarded to the corporation coun- (a) Any change in the official floodway sel, who shall expeditiously prosecute all lines or the boundary of the flood plain area. such violators. A violator } for shall, upon convic- — tion, forfeit to the county a penalty of not -- (b) Settlement of conflicts between the water less than $5.00 and not more than $200.00 surface profiles and flood plain zoning maps, together with a taxable cost of such action. in accordance with Section 11.17(3)(c) of this Each day during within such violation exists ordinance. shall constitute a separate offense. Every rr violation of this ordinance is a public nui- J� (c) Any fill or encroachment into the sance and the creation thereof may be en- floodway which will result in raising the joined and the maintenance thereof may be elevation of an area in the floodway to a abated by action at suit of the county, the height at or above the elevation of the re- State, or any citizen'thereof. gional flood; • Section 11.20 Definitions. I (d) Any fill or encroachment that will cause a change equal to or greater than 0.1 (I) Unless specifically defined below, foot in the water surface profiles of the re- words or phrases used in this ordinance shall I - gional flood; and be interpreted so as to give them the same meaning as they have at common law and to (e) Any upgrading of flood plain zoning give this ordinance its most reasonable ap- ordinance required by law. plication. Words used in the present tense include the future; words used in the singu- (f) Amendments to this ordinance may be lar number include the plural and words in made upon petition of any interested party the plural number include the singular; the , in accordance with the provisions of 59.97 of word "building" includes the.word "struc- the Wisconsin Statutes. Such petitions shall ture," and the word "shall" is mandatory include any necessary data required by Sec- and not directory. , tions 11.17(4)(b) and 11.12(5)(e) of this ordi- nance. (a) A Zones. Are those areas shown on a community's "official flood plain zoning V-i (2) Amendment Procedure. Copies of any map" (see definition p) which would be i i amendment proposed to the County Board inundated by the "base flood" or "regional shall be referred to the Zoning Committee . flood" as defined herein. These areas may be which shall be forwarded by the zoning ad- numbered as A0, Al to A30, A99, or be un- ' ministrator together with the first notice of numbered "A Zones." The "A Zones" may the public hearing thereon, to the main of- or may not be reflective of flood profiles, de- fice and appropriate district office of the De- pending on the availability of data of a given -I partment of Natural Resources, and the area. 1 j Federal Insurance Administration. The amendment procedure shall comply with the (b) Accessory Use. An accessory use is any provisions of Section 59.97, Wis. Stats. No � amendment to the text or maps shall become facility, structure, building or use which is . i effective until approved by the Department accessory or incidental to the principal use of Natural Resources, the Federal insurance of a property, structure or building. Administration and, in the case of map __- Supp.No.4,4-84 i