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(.) (0) (0) COUNTY ZONING RESOLUTION Arkansas River and Tributarie" above John Xartin Dam, Colorado." These would include channel and levee improvan~nts from the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad bridge to about 18th Street, ~hich ~ould protect the area fro~ flo~~ up to about 31,000 oubic feet per second. Section No. 17 flood Plain District (S_3) (a) Purpose. The standards of this district (5-3) are designed to retain and provide areas for the unobstructed passage of flood ~atars and give protection from floods to the popula- tion, buildings end structures located therein and in the surrounding areae. The Corps c~~pleted II fleod plain information report on Fountain Creek in OctOber 1968. ~ flood plain information re- port on the St. Charles River as it affects Pueblo is scheduled for completion in fiscal yeer 1978. (b) Uses by Rioht. A uss by right is any which are permitted without issuance the County Zoning Administrator. tl) Farming Or ranching. (2) Riding traUs and fieids. of the following uses, of a zoning permit by (0) flood Warnino and forecastino Services The Environmental Science Services Administration (ESSA) Weather Bureau provides no specific flood forecaste for tributary streoms of the Arkansas River in the Pueblo region. The technology of accurate river and flood forecasting is dopendent upon adequate end timely rainfall ond river stago data, and it is eVen mOre 8ssential that such basic data be available, particularly rainfall reports, for arSDS subject to flaoh flooding. Current funding restraints prevent Weather euro~u op~ration of ths relatively dense net~orks required. At prssent, the principal 88rvica the We~ther Bure~u o~n p~ovide is tl general alert to the danga~ of flash flooding on Wild Horoe_Dry Craek, Dry Crank, ~nd Goorlnight Arroyo. This i~ done by means of foreCf,lsts of approa<;hing storm systems or radar detection of imminent or occu~ring heavy rainfall. The Gap~bUity of th~ Axistit1g ~adB~ at Pueblo is li",it~cJ.to sto~m detection and trBcking. Until this f~cility is improved. the ev~l_ uation of rBinfall potential, accumulatIon, ~nd intensity must da_ pend UpOr1 irnrn..di"te roports from on.the_spot obo'>rve~s. The ESSA W""thar 6ur~au lo~"ted "t tho PUllblo r~emorial Uses by Revie~. A use by ravia~ is any of tha following uses, which "re per~itted only upon issuance of ~ special uSe pB~mit by the Planning Commiesion(See Section 26,page ). (1) Extraction of natural depoaits. (2) Golf Couree. (3) p"rking (open iota only). (4) Sanitary land fills (no du~ps). (S) To~ers, radio and television. (6) Utilities OS outlined in Section 23 (n), page 44. (0) (,) (e) (,) (h) (i) (j) (<) (n Lot Area. No requirement. Lot Dimensions. No req~iro~ent. Lot CnvR~aoe. No requirement. rloor Area Ratio. No require~ent. 8uildinQHeiQht. Noreq,Jirement. rront Y~rd Setback. No requi~emont. Side Yard Setback. None rSQuired. Rear Yard Setbeck. ~one reqvired. Parkino Scacs. Pa~king shall be provided at the rate of ""'e (1) parking space for one hundred (laC) net squere feet of building area, or one (I) pat king epece for every tUlO employ_ ees, ~hichever is greeter. LOBdlno Space. Off~etreet loading ~equirements shall be as provided in Section 21, page 41. rances. ~~113. And HedQee. Wi.e fencing only. Sions. Signs shall be as provided in Saction 22, page 42. . . . Ai~port euppli~ weather forecaste four times d~ily fo~ Pueblo. Colorado, and vioinity. Theae forecasts ere diese~inated t~ local neUls",Bdiadiroctlyb,.limltsdaccssehlepl1cna. Asi..ilar--but sspar~t~--inetelletion is used fo~ genoret public di.semin3tion. In addition to the ~outine fOfeLasts, 6pecial foreca~t" of severe stor,"s or flood ",CI~nings Clro i61.>U",j as ~equircd. Additional flood control me~sures i~ ths lcwer r~ach of Wild Horse_Dry Craek hClv~ b~en p~opoged in the Cor~~ of Enginccrc "~ep"rt CI~ R"vim.. S~tv~y fer rlnod I.:O"'~Tnl ~nd Allied Purpocos _ 18 n