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SECTION 5.0 FLOOD FRINGE DISTRICT (FF) The Flood Fringe District is established for Areas of the Flood Plain not a part of the water course or channel, and would not dintract from the discharge of a flood, but are subject to backwaters and inundation during flood stage. Limited development may be permitted in this District provided the development is protected from the flood waters. 5.1 Permitted Uses. The following uses shall be permitted uses within the Flood Fringe District to the extent that they are not prohibited by any other ordinance: 5.11 Any use permitted in Section 4.1 5.12 Residences and other structures constructed on fill so that the basement floor or first floor if there is no basement is above the regulatory flood protection elevation. The finished fill elevat:Lon shall be no lower than the regional flood elevation and shall extend at such elevation at least fifteen (15) feet beyond the limits of any structure or building erected thereon. Fill shall be compacted and the slopes shall be protected by rip-rap or vegetative covering. No use shall be permitted which will adversely affect the capacity of channels or floodways of any tributary to the main stream, drainage ditch, or any other drainage facility or system. 5.2 Conditional l~ other uses are permitted only upon application to the Zoning Administrator and the issuance of a Conditional Use Permit by the Board of Adjustment as provided in Section 9.5 of this Ordinance and subject t.o the following provisions: 5.21 Residences. Where existing street, utilities, and small lot sizes preclude the use of fill, other methods of elevating the first floor (including basesments) above the flood protection elevation may be authorized. Residences that do not have access at or above an elevation not more than,one foot below the regional flood elevation shall not be permitted unless granted a variance by the Board of