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RECOMMENDED RESPONSE TO CHANGES IN NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PRQGRA= <br /> FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT CRITERIA <br /> PA t) <br /> resisting hydrostatic or hydrodynamic loads and effects of <br /> buoyancy. A registered professional engineer or architect <br /> shall certify that the standards of this section are satis- <br /> fied and the floodproofing methods used are adequate to <br /> withstand flood forces associated.with the base flood. Such <br /> certification shall be provided to the Zoning Officer as set <br /> forth in Article 5.3 (g) . <br /> PROPOSED AMENDMENT <br /> ARTICLE 4 SECTION 4 .3 <br /> CONSTRI_J TIOO7 WITHIN_FLOODrIAY •AND FLOQDWAY FRING $F,5 c= I ` <br /> (c) No new residential structure may be constructed and no <br /> substantial improvement of a non-residential structure ' na� - <br /> take place within any floodway fringe unless the lowest floor <br /> (including basement) of the structure or Improvement is <br /> elevated above the base flood elevation or floodproofed so <br /> that below the base flood level the structure: -together with <br /> attendant utility and sanitary facilities, is water tight <br /> with walls substantially impermeable to the passage of water: <br /> 31111._Rreyentc- Latta - from ii • • , : " I a •Dxjx„s1. <br /> conditions of ,. flooding and i.l: capable of resisting h% dro- <br /> static or hydrodynamic loads and effects of buoyancy. A <br /> registered professional engineer -or architect shall certify <br /> that the standards of this section are satisfied and. thr:•_ <br /> floodproofing methods used are adequate to withstand flo- <br /> forces associated with the base flood. Such certificatis-€ <br /> shall be provided to the Zoning Officer as set forth in <br /> Article 5 .3 (g) . <br /> 3. Definition of Start of ConstructiOL <br /> A change in the definition "Start of Construction' is required to <br /> eliminate inconsistencies in treatment between pile and column <br /> structures and other types of foundations and to incorporate the <br /> "Manufactured Home" definition. This change has been included <br /> into the first part of this material, Manufactured Home Revisions: <br /> as a revised definition. <br /> 4. IJse_of_Openings_�in_Fns lsiire,, Below re' s_ Lowest > door. <br /> The existing ordinance does not address the enclosure of areas <br /> below the base flood elevation. The ordinance must be amended to <br /> either prohibit or regulate such enclosures. The following <br /> amendment will regulate such enclosures. <br /> EXISTING ORDINANCE <br /> No text. The topic is not addressed. <br /> PROPOSED ORDINANCE <br />