---
kind: "section"
citation: "18 C.F.R. § 415.31"
title: "18"
number: "415.31"
heading: "Prohibited uses."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/18/415.31"
---

# §415.31. Prohibited uses.

- (a) **Within the floodway, except as permitted by special permit, the following uses are prohibited—**
  - (1) **Erection of any structure for occupancy at any time by humans or animals.**
  - (2) **Placing, or depositing, or dumping any spoil, fill or solid waste.**
  - (3) Stockpiling or disposal of pesticides, domestic or industrial waste, radioactive materials, petroleum products or hazardous material which, if flooded, would pollute the waters of the basin.
  - (4) **The storage of equipment or of buoyant materials, except for purposes of public safety.**
- (b) **Within the flood fringe, except as permitted by special permit, the following uses are prohibited—**
  - (1) Stockpiling or disposal of pesticides, domestic or industrial waste, radioactive materials, petroleum products or hazardous material which, if flooded, would pollute the waters of the basin.
  - (2) Any use which will adversely affect the capacity of channels or floodways of any tributary to the main stream, drainage ditch, or any other drainage facility.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Pub. L. 87-328 (75 Stat. 688).

### Source

Source: 42 FR 13541, Mar. 11, 1977, unless otherwise noted.