The areas of special flood hazard identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in its Flood Insurance Study (FIS) for New London County, Connecticut, dated April 3, 2020, and accompanying Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM), dated August 5, 2013, (Panels 09011C0459J, 09011C0467J, 09011C0477J, 09011C0478J, 09011C0479J, 09011C0481J, 09011C0483J, 09011C0486J, 09011C0487J) and July 18, 2011 (Panels 09011C0309G, 09011C0316G, 09011C0317G, 09011C0318G, 09011C0319G, 09011C0328G, 09011C0336G, 09011C0337G, 09011C0338G, 09011C0339G, 09011C0457G, 09011C0476G) and other supporting data applicable to the Town of East Lyme, and any subsequent revisions thereto, are adopted by reference and declared to be a part of this regulation. Since mapping is legally adopted by reference into this regulation it must take precedence when more restrictive until such time as a map amendment or map revision is obtained from FEMA. The area of special flood hazard includes any area shown on the FIRM as Zones A, AE, AO, AH, Coastal AE and VE, including areas designated as a floodway on a FIRM. Zones VE and Coastal AE are also identified as Coastal High Hazard Areas. Areas of special flood hazard are determined utilizing the base flood elevations (BFE) provided on the flood profiles in the Flood Insurance Study (FIS) for a community. BFEs provided on a Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) are only approximate (rounded up or down) and should be verified with the BFEs published in the FIS for a specific location. The FIRM and FIS are on file in the Town Hall, East Lyme, Connecticut.
(Ord. passed 6-22-1981; Ord. passed 6-19-1984; Ord. passed 12-19-1988; Ord. passed 5-31-2022)
Editor’s note:
TM Volume 14, page 122; TM Volume 16, page 262, Amended
TM Volume 15, page 93