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Staff finds this criterion to be met. The proposed garage addition meets all required setbacks and will not place the lot out of compliance with impervious surface (50%), structural coverage (30%), or height standards (30’). The location of the proposed garage meets Shoreland Ordinance requirements as it far exceeds the 50’ setback rule. The applicant has indicated he will comply with the 1,664 SF maximum for all detached and attached garage square footage and he proposed garage will measure 23’6”, below the 30’ maximum. Zoning Code Section 10-040 indicates structures and fill in the floodway are considered a special use. This section goes on to say that fill is not permitted when its placement increases the stage of the 100 year floodplain and that accessory structures must be elevated on fill. Section 10-100 lists the following factors that should be considered when approving a special use in the floodway: 1. The danger to life and property due to increased flood heights or velocities caused by encroachments. 2. The danger that materials may be swept onto other lands or downstream to the injury of others or they may block bridges, culverts, or other hydraulic structures. 3. The proposed water supply and sanitation systems and the ability of these systems to prevent disease, contamination, and unsanitary conditions. 4. The susceptibility of the proposed facility and its contents to flood damage and the effect of such damage on the individual owner. 5. The importance of the services provided by the proposed facility to the community. 6. The requirements of the facility for a waterfront location. 7. The availability of alternative locations not subject to flooding for the proposed use. 8. The compatibility of the proposed use with existing development and development anticipated in the foreseeable future. 9. The relationship of the proposed use to the comprehensive plan and flood plain management program for the area. 10. The safety of access to the property in times of flood for ordinary and emergency vehicles. 11. The expected heights, velocity, duration, rate of rise, and sediment transport of the flood waters expected at the site. 12. Such other factors as are relevant to the purposes of this Chapter. Normally, staff would provide a response to each criterion above. However, in this case the applicant is meeting all the criteria based on the proposed grading plan. Compliance with the floodplain ordinance, and criteria noted above, is based on the following: • The detached garage will be elevated on fill, such that the elevation of the garage will be above the floodway, or 100 year flood elevation of 872, and • The applicant proposes to provide for compensatory removal equal to the fill proposed, thereby not decreasing flood storage. The fill and compensatory storage equals approximately 50 cubic yards, which is about five dump truck loads of material. This plan complies with the RCWD rules and the City’s floodplain ordinance.