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• <br /> RECOMMENDED RESPONSE TO CHANGES IN NATIONAL FLOOD II:SUP NCE PROGPJ?.i <br /> FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT CRITERIA 090 7 <br /> PAGE 6 • <br /> • <br /> resisting hydrostatic or hydrodynamic load's 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 q; <br /> methods used are adequate 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 AMENDIlENT <br /> • <br /> ARTICLE 4 SECTION 4.3 <br /> e1 T o • ■ _. . " . : 0, iii 4 - � Z « i T y <br /> (c) No new residential' structure may be constructed and no <br /> substantial improvement of a non-residential structure ' ma� <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 /> s lt9ring _acculaulealag_dtaginz <br /> conditions of i i r .e of resisting b,-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 th.':''. <br /> floodproofing methods used are adequate to withstand flog <br /> forces associated with the base flood Such certificatit•. <br /> shall be provided to the Zoning Officer as set forth in <br /> Article 5.3 (g) . <br /> 3. 1)efinitiori ofMart oL Copstruati.23. • <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 Hone" definition. This change has been included <br /> into the first part of this material' Manufactured Home Revisions' <br /> as a revised definition. <br /> 4. <br /> e F s. & a fi <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 /> • <br />