(A) This chapter’s protection standard is the regulatory flood. The best available regulatory flood data is listed below.
(B) 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 Department of Natural Resources for review and approval.
(1) The regulatory flood elevation for each SFHA delineated as an “AH Zone” or “AO Zone” shall be that elevation (or depth) delineated on the flood insurance rate map of the town dated January 5, 1979 prepared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
(2) The regulatory flood elevation for each of the remaining SFHA’s delineated as an “A Zone” on the flood insurance rate map of the town shall be according to the best data available as provided by the Department of Natural Resources.
(3) The SFHA’s of those parts of unicorporated county that are within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the town or that may be annexed into the town shall be as shown on the flood insurance rate map of the county dated April 1, 1988 prepared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
(4) If the SFHA is delineated as “AH Zone” or “AO Zone”, the elevation (or depth) will be delineated on the county flood insurance rate map. If the SFHA is delineated as “Zone A” on the county flood insurance rate map, the regulatory flood elevation shall be according to the best data available as provided by the Department of Natural Resources.
(Ord. 01-04-01, passed 4-10-2001)