Title 15 BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION
Chapter 15.28 FLOOD DAMAGE PREVENTION
15.28.270 Floodway-Uses allowed without permits.
The following open-space uses shall be allowed without a
permit within the floodway; provided, that such uses conform to the provisions
of Article VII of these regulations; are not prohibited by any other ordinance,
resolution, or statute; and do not require fill, excavation, permanent storage
of materials, or equipment or structures other than portable
structures:
A. Agricultural uses;
B. Accessory uses such as loading and parking areas, or
emergency landing strips associated with industrial and commercial
facilities;
C. Private and public recreational uses such as golf courses,
driving ranges, archery ranges, picnic grounds, boat-launching ramps, parks,
wildlife management and natural areas, game farms, fish hatcheries, shooting
preserves, target ranges, trap and skeet ranges, hunting and fishing areas, and
hiking or horseback riding trails;
D. Forestry, including processing of forest products with
portable equipment;
E. Residential uses such as lawns, gardens, parking areas and
play areas;
F. Irrigation and livestock supply wells; provided, that they
are located at least five hundred feet from domestic water supply
wells;
G. Fences, except permanent fences crossing channels;
and
H. Recreational vehicles provided that they be on the site
for fewer than one hundred eighty consecutive days, or be fully licensed and
ready for highway use. A recreational vehicle is ready for highway use if it is
on its wheels or jacking system with wheels intact, is attached to the site only
by quick disconnect type utilities and security devices, and has no permanently
attached additions. (Ord. 576 § 6(B)(1), 1994)