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(1) SCC 30.65.240 through 30.65.285 provide specific criteria to be used in regulating development in areas of high flood damage potential where conventional floodway areas cannot be established. In order to foster the continued agricultural use of prime farmlands in these flood plain areas, and maintain an acceptable level of flood hazard protection, the development criteria outlined by this chapter shall apply to all development in the density fringe area. The development criteria contained in SCC 30.65.250 and 30.65.255 shall be utilized to prevent a cumulative increase in the base flood elevation of more than one foot.

(2) The density fringe area shall consist of the following:

(a) Areas designated on the "Flood Insurance Study (FIS) for Snohomish County, Washington and Incorporated Areas" dated June 19, 2020, and the Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) dated June 19, 2020.

(b) Stillaguamish River special flood hazard area (one percent annual-chance floodplain) located between the mouth of said river and river mile 11.1; also corresponding to the Corps of Engineers study E-2-10-138 as modified by Snohomish County, sheets 1 through 8 or FIRMS as amended in paper or digital format by FEMA. (Added by Amended Ord. 02-064, Dec. 9, 2002, Eff date Feb. 1, 2003; Amended by Amended Ord. 05-068, Sept. 7, 2005, Eff date Sept. 24, 2005; Amended by Ord. 20-076, Nov. 4, 2020, Eff date Nov. 27, 2020).