This chapter's protection standard is the regulatory flood. The best available regulatory flood data is listed below. Whenever a party disagrees with the best available data, the party submitting the detailed engineering study needs to replace existing data with better data and submit it to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources for review and approval.
(A) The regulatory flood elevation, floodway, and fringe limits for the studied SFHAs within the jurisdiction of the Town of Hamilton shall be as delineated on the 1% annual chance flood profiles in the Flood Insurance Study of Steuben County, Indiana and Incorporated Areas dated December 17, 2013 and the corresponding Flood Insurance Rate Map dated December 17, 2013 and the Flood Insurance Study of De Kalb County, Indiana and Incorporated Areas dated September 29, 2006 and the corresponding Flood Insurance Rate Map prepared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and dated September 29, 2006 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 Town of Hamilton, delineated as an "A Zone" on the Steuben County, Indiana and Incorporated Areas Flood Insurance Rate Map prepared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and dated December 17, 2013 and the De Kalb County, Indiana and Incorporated Areas Flood Insurance Rate Map prepared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and dated September 29, 2006 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.
(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.
(Ord. 2013-10, passed 10-7-13; Am. Ord. passed 12-23-13)