WHAT LANGUAGE SHOULD MY COMMUNITY USE TO ADOPT BASE FLOOD ELEVATIONS BASED ON THE METHODOLOGY IN THE FLOOD RECOVERY GUIDANCE?
FEMA recommends that your community amend its floodplain management regulations to adopt the still water elevation(s) and the method for calculating the Advisory Base Flood Elevation provided in the Flood Recovery Guidance for your county. Your community may want to consider adopting the following or similar language: The base flood elevations used for the purpose of administering this ordinance shall be established by the Building Official (or Floodplain Administrator) using Stillwater elevations (SWEL) and methodology described in FEMA’s Flood Recovery Guidance for _________ Parish, dated ______. The Flood Recovery Guidance shall also be used by the Building Official as the basis for determining the landward boundary of the floodplain. If your community chooses to adopt freeboard, you should incorporate the freeboard at the appropriate places in your ordinance.
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- WHAT LANGUAGE SHOULD MY COMMUNITY USE TO ADOPT BASE FLOOD ELEVATIONS BASED ON THE METHODOLOGY IN THE FLOOD RECOVERY GUIDANCE?
