This article applies to all development proposals within or adjacent to designated frequently flooded areas of the city of Forks. The growing of crops and trees and associated land preparation and harvesting activities is not included in the definition of development for the purposes of this article; provided, that land filling or excavating of floodplain areas are not a part of said activities.
(Ord. 342 § 610, 1992)
Development proposals permitted on lands or shorelands designated as frequently flooded areas shall be the same as those permitted in the underlying zoning classification subject to the standards of this chapter and article.
(Ord. 342 § 620, 1992)
(1) 
Classification. Frequently flooded areas shall be classified as floodways, floodplains and special flood hazard areas. “Floodway” means the channel of a stream, plus any adjacent floodplain areas, that must be kept free of encroachment in order that the base flood be carried without substantial increases in flood heights. “Floodplain” means the floodway and the special flood hazard area. “Special flood hazard area” means the area adjoining the floodway which is subject to a one percent or greater chance of flooding in any given year, as determined by engineering studies accepted by the city of Forks. Coastal high hazard areas are located within special flood hazard areas.
(2) 
Designation. All city of Forks lands, shorelands and waters which are identified as within the 100-year floodplain (floodway and floodway fringe, or special flood hazard area) in the Federal Emergency Management Agency report titled “The Flood Insurance Study for Clallam County” dated December 5, 1989, with accompanying flood insurance rate and boundary maps, are designated as frequently flooded areas.
(Ord. 342 § 630, 1992)
All development within designated frequently flooded areas shall be in compliance with the Clallam County floodplain management ordinance; Clallam County Chapter 32.01, as now or hereafter amended, in addition to the standards outlined in this section.
(1) 
New subdivisions, manufactured home park subdivisions, and short subdivisions, as defined in the Forks Municipal Code and applicable state land division laws, are prohibited in special flood hazard areas, unless each buildable lot has an area outside the special flood hazard area equal to or greater than the applicable minimum lot size.
(2) 
Residential buildings are prohibited within special flood hazard areas unless constructed or placed on lots or parcels of land platted specifically for residential use by a final plat approved and recorded prior to the effective date of this chapter for all other special flood hazard areas. In such cases where residential buildings are allowed within flood hazard areas, such buildings shall be placed the greatest distance landward from the floodway on the subject parcel.
(Ord. 342 § 640, 1992)