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floodway. (IC 14-28-1-26 allows construction of non-substantial additions/ improvements to residences in a non-boundary river floodway without obtaining a permit for construction in the floodway from the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. Please note that if fill is needed to elevate an addition above the existing grade,prior approval for the fill is required from the Indiana Department of Natural Resources). (B) No action shall be taken by the Floodplain Administrator until a permit(when applicable) has been issued by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources granting approval for construction in the floodway. Once a permit for construction in a floodway or letter of authorization has been issued by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, the Floodplain Administrator may issue the local Floodplain Development Permit,provided the provisions contained in Section 21-12.05 of this Article have been met. The Floodplain Development Permit cannot be less restrictive than the permit for construction in a floodway issued by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. However, a community's more restrictive regulations(if any)shall take precedence. (C) No development shall be allowed, which acting alone or in combination with existing or future development, that will adversely affect the efficiency of, or unduly restrict the capacity of the floodway. This adverse affect is defined as an increase in the elevation of the regulatory flood of at least fifteen-hundredths (0.15)of a foot as determined by comparing the regulatory flood elevation under the project condition to that under the natural or pre-floodway condition as proven with hydraulic analyses. (D) For all projects involving channel modifications or fill (including levees)the City of South Bend, Indiana shall submit the data and request that the Federal Emergency Management Agency revise the regulatory flood data per mapping standard regulations found at 44 CFR § 65.12. (6) Standards for Identified Fringe. If the site is located in an identified fringe,then the Floodplain Administrator may issue the local Floodplain Development Permit provided the provisions contained in Section 21-12.05 of this Article have been met. The key provision is that the top of the lowest floor of any new or substantially improved structure shall be at or above the FPG. (7) Standards for SFHAs without Established Base Flood Elevation and/or Floodways/Fringes. (A) Drainage area upstream of the site is greater than one square mile: i. If the site is in an identified floodplain where the limits of the floodway and fringe have not yet been determined, and the drainage area upstream of the site is greater than one square mile, the Floodplain Administrator