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Chapter X-6 in sections 10-010 c. and 10-040 of this chapter. c. standards for floodway special uses. (1) All uses. No structure (temporary of permanent), fill (including fill for roads and levees), deposit, obstruction, storage of materials, or equipment, or other uses may be allowed as special uses which, acting along or in combination with existing or reasonably anticipated future uses, adversely affects the the capacity of the floodway or increases flood heights. In addition, all floodway special uses shall be subject to the standards contained in section 10-110 d.S. and the following standards, sections 10-040 c.l. through 10-040 c.S. (2): Fill. a. Any fill deposited in the floodway shall be no more than the minimal amount necessary to conduct special use listed in section 10-040 b. Generally fill shall be limited to that needed to grade or landscape for that use and shall not in any way further obstruct the flow of floodwaters. b. Spoil from dredging or sand and gravel operations shall not be deposited in the floodway unless it can be done in accordance with (a) of this section. c. Fill shall be protected from erosion by vegetative cover. (3) Accessory structures (temporary or permanent) permitted as special uses by section 10-040 b. a. Accessory structures shall not be designed for human habitation. b. Accessory structures shall have a low flood damage potential. c. Accessory structures, if permitted, shall be constructed and placed on the building site so as to offer the minimum obstruction to the flow of floodwaters. 1. Whenever possible, structures shall be constructed with the longitudinal axis parallel to the direction of the flood flow; and 2. So far as practicable, structures shall be placed approximately on the same flood flow lines as those of adjoining structures~ d. Accessory structures shall be floodproofed in accordance with the state building code.