(A) The floodplain designation on the city’s Floodplain Zoning Map shall not be removed from floodplain areas unless it can be shown that the designation is in error or that the area has been filled to or above the elevation of the regulatory flood protection elevation and is contiguous to lands outside the floodplain. The Commissioner of the Department of Natural Resources may approve special exceptions to this requirement if the Commissioner determines that, through other measures, lands are adequately protected for the intended use.
(B) The city must submit all proposed amendments to this chapter, including amendments to the Official Zoning Map, for approval by the Commissioner of the Department of Natural Resources before the city adopts such amendments. Changes in the Official Zoning Map must meet the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA’s) technical conditions and criteria and must receive approval from FEMA before adoption. The city must give the Commissioner of the Department of Natural Resources at least ten days’ written notice of all hearings to consider an amendment to this chapter. The notice shall include a draft of the chapter amendment or technical study that the city is considering.
(Prior Code, § 1301.13)