11-23-15 Agenda, Packet & Committee Meeting Notice

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(77) Zone B,C,and X means areas identified in the community as areas of moderate or minimal hazard from the principal source of flood in the area. However, buildings in these zones could be flooded by severe, concentrated rainfall coupled with inadequate local drainage systems. Flood insurance is available in participating communities but is not required by regulation in these zones. (Zone X is used on new and revised maps in place of Zones B and C). Section 21-12.03. General Provisions (1) Lands to Which This Floodplain Regulations Article Applies. This Article shall apply to all SFHAs and known flood prone areas within the jurisdiction of the City of South Bend, Indiana. (2) Basis for Establishing Regulatory Flood Data. This Article's protection standard is the regulatory flood. The best available regulatory flood data is set forth as follows: (A) The regulatory flood elevation, floodway, and fringe limits for the studied SFHAs within the jurisdiction of the City of South Bend, Indiana shall be as delineated on the one-percent annual chance flood profiles in the Flood Insurance Study of St. Joseph County, Indiana and Incorporated Areas dated January 6, 2011 and the corresponding Flood Insurance Rate Map dated January 6, 2011 as well as any future updates, amendments, or revisions, prepared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency with the most recent date. (B) The regulatory flood elevation, floodway, and fringe limits for each of the SFHAs within the jurisdiction of the City of South Bend, Indiana, delineated as an "A Zone" on the St. Joseph County, Indiana and Incorporated Areas Flood Insurance Rate Map dated January 6, 2011 as well as any future updates, amendments, or revisions,prepared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency with the most recent date, shall be according to the best data available as provided by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources; provided the upstream drainage area from the subject site is greater than one square mile. Whenever a party disagrees with the best available data, the party needs to replace existing data with better data that meets current engineering standards. To be considered,this data must be submitted to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources for review and subsequently approved. (C) In the absence of a published FEMA map, or absence of identification on a FEMA map,the regulatory flood elevation, floodway, and fringe limits of any watercourse in the community's known flood prone areas shall be according to the best data available as provided by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources; provided the upstream drainage area from the subject site is greater than one square mile.