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Comments on the Proposed Fremont County Floodplain Regulation December 29, 1975 Eugene J. Van Camp 1. The matter of permitting only such uses within the designated floodplain and will not endanger life ... etc. (included in purposes (a)), should read "as will not endager life ... etc. Permitting such uses would include "allowing" such uses as a permitted use, with provisions for "conditional" uses with such allowed uses classified on the basis of their hazard. The permission granted for a use is limited to the issuance of a "construction" permit and a "building" permit without regard to the regulatory objectives for zoning provisions and the manner that (1) development processes for uses account for the "safety" from flood hazards, and (2) technical data and information require- ments for such processes as they apply to: (a) A use that may be appropriately located in flood areas such as the zoning of a use in specific areas subject to flooding. (b) Where specific uses subject to flooding may be allowed in flood areas such as the subdivision controls of zoned areas. Permitted uses should be based upon damage potential to life and property. Permitted uses for the low hazard zone should be specified. 2. The applicability of the regulation on page 3, (b) refers to the degree of flood protection ..."based on application of hydrologic studies to establish the subject areas." Since hydrologic and hydraulic analysis are two distinctive part of floodplain deter- minations (1) establishing the 100 year flood flow and (2) estab- lishing the water surface elevations, it would be more appropriate to say.,. "is based on technical findings of fact for flood data and information approved to establish the subject area." 3. The requirements for technical data and information provided for building permits, under Section 500, Enforcement (page 17) would appropriately apply to a permit for "construction" (filling of any site, or alteration of any drainageway). No provisions for technical data requirements (as to location and extent) for flood hazard areas, the uses of which may be subject to flooding. 4, Page 15, section 410. Principal permitted uses are not defined. There should be a classification of permitted uses based upon their hazard risk. See comment 1. The stipulations under "c. general" are actually limitations of permitted uses and should be so identified.