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conditional use permit must be title registered with the property in the Office of the County Recorder. E. Accessory Structures. 1. Accessory structures shall not be designed for human habitation. 2. Accessory structures, if permitted, shall be constructed and placed on the building site so as to offer the minimum obstruction to the flow of flood waters. a. Whenever possible, structures shall be constructed with the longitudinal axis parallel to the direction of flood flow, and, b. So far as practicable, structures shall be placed approximately on the same flood flow lines as those of adjoining structures. 3. Accessory structures shall be elevated on fill or structurally dry flood -proofed in accordance with the FB -1 or FP -2 flood -proofing classifications in the State Building Code. As an alternative, an accessory structure may be flood -proofed to the FB -3 or FB - 4 flood -proofing classification in the State Building Code provided the accessory structure constitutes a minimal investment, does not exceed 500 square feet in size, and for a detached garage, the detached garage must be used solely for parking of vehicles and limited storage. All flood -proofed accessory structures must meet the following additional standards asagpreprfate: a. The structure must be adequately anchored to prevent flotation, collapse, or lateral movement of the structure and shall be designed to equalize hydrostatic flood forces on exterior walls; -end b. Any mechanical and utility equipment in a structure must be elevated to or above the Regulatory Flood Protection Elevation or properly flood -proofed and, c. To allow for the equalization of hydrostatic Pressure there must be a minimum of two "automatic' openings in the outside walls of the structure having a total net area of not less than one square inch for every square foot of enclosed area subject to flooding There must be openings on at least two sides of the structure and the bottom of all openings must be no higher than one foot above the lowest adjacent grade to the structure Using human intervention to open a garage door prior to flooding will not satisfy this requirement for automatic openings F. 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 materials or equipment may be allowed if readily removable from the area within the time available after a flood warning and in accordance with a plan approved by the Governing Body. G. Structural Works. Structural works for flood control that will change the course, current, or cross section of protected wetlands or public waters shall be subject to the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 103G. Community -wide structural works for flood control intended to remove areas from the regulatory flood plain shall not be allowed in the floodway. H. Levee Impact. A levee, dike, or floodwall constructed in the floodway shall not cause an increase to the 100 year or regional flood and the technical analysis must assume equal conveyance or storage loss on both sides of a stream. (Ord. No. 581, 6-11-91; Code of 2001) (Underline reflects new language, ,StrikethFough reflects deleted language)