Are all uses of property within floodplains prohibited?
A. Not at all! The prohibited uses are: • Hazardous waste handling. • Hazardous and solid waste landfills. • New structures that require grading or a building permit. (The ordinance includes requirements for balancing cuts and fills in the floodplain.) Many uses are allowed: • Excavation and fill to plant new trees or vegetation. • Restoration or enhancement of environmental areas consistent with state and federal standards and guidelines. • Placement of structures that don’t require a grading or building permit. • Routine repair and maintenance of existing uses and structures. • Emergency action of A-CC to mitigate a hazard and measures to remove nuisances or other violations of law. • Ordinary maintenance and landscaping of existing disturbed areas, home gardens, repairs, additions of 10% or less of existing lot coverage, minor modification of existing single family dwellings, cutting of firewood for personal use so long as canopy cover isn’t reduced. • Natural water quality treatmen
