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New development shall not reduce the effective flood storage volume of the Special Flood Hazard Area. A development proposal shall provide compensatory storage if grading or other activity eliminates any effective flood storage volume. Compensatory storage shall:

A. Provide equivalent volumes at equivalent elevations to that being displaced. For this purpose, “equivalent elevation” means having similar relationship to ordinary high water mark and to the best available 10-year, 50-year and 100-year water surface profiles.

B. Be hydraulically connected to the source of flooding.

C. Provide compensatory storage in the same construction season as when the displacement of flood storage volume occurs and before the flood season begins.

D. The newly created storage area shall be graded and vegetated to allow fish access during flood events without creating fish stranding sites. (Ord. 6761 § 1 (Exh. A), 2020.)