Section 4: Flood Damage and Prevention Ordinances

What is “Development” in FEMA

any man-made changes to improved or unimproved real estate

What does 44 CFR Part 60 do?

Criteria for Land Management and use

The federal basis of a community’s power to adopt and enforce its ordinance

What does 44 CFR section 60.3 do?

Floodplain Management Criteria for Flood-Prone Areas

Establishes five different requirements (a-e)

What is “The Regulation staircase”?

Each step add more stringent requirements as risk increases

What are the steps in “The Regulation Staircase”

There is no floodplain map

There is a map but no BFE

There is a map with BFE and FIS

There is a map with floodway, BFE, and FIS

There is a map with coastal high hazard areas, BFE, and FIS

Flood-proofing must be certified by?

Registered Engineer

Fully enclosed areas below the BFE can only be used for?

Parking, storage, or building access and must have opening for floodwaters

What re the federal floodplain management standard listed?

44 CFR 60.3

Requirements to build in 60.3a

o determine if the project is “reasonably safe from flooding”

o do not apply to a community that has been mapped with no SFHA

what kind of new development that requires to acquire BFE?

greater than 50 lots or 5 acres

If development shows to result in a rise of WSE, the project must fulfill the requirement s of _____ in order to procedd

65.12

what is requirement in 60.3e

elevate the bottom of the lowest horizontal structural member to or above BFE

Define structural member

a device that bears the weight of a beam, brace, or plate

What does new construction must be in 60.3e?

must be landward of high tide

Prohibit encroachment within floodway unless engineering study shows?

no rise in flood levels