2017-30 Amending City Code Chapter 67.1 Floodplain Protection Provisions

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J. FLOOD: A general and temporary condition of partial or complete inundation of normally dry land areas from the overflow, the unusual and rapid accumulation, or the runoff of surface waters from any source. K. FLOOD FRINGE: That portion of the floodplain outside of the regulatory floodway. L. FLOOD INSURANCE RATE MAP: A map prepared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency that depicts the floodplain or special flood hazard area (SFHA) within a community. This map includes insurance rate zones and may or may not depict floodways and show base flood elevations. M. FLOOD INSURANCE STUDY: An examination, evaluation and determination of flood hazards and, if appropriate, corresponding water surface elevations. N. FLOODPLAIN and/or SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AREA (SFHA): These two terms are synonymous. Those lands within the jurisdiction of the City of Decatur, the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Decatur, or lands that may be annexed into the City of Decatur, that are subject to inundation by the Base Flood. The floodplains in the City of Decatur are principally identified as such on panel numbers 17115C0175, 17115C0186, 17115C0187, 17115C0188 17115C0189, 17115C0190, 17115C0193, 17115C0195, 17115CO215, 1711500220, 17115CO285, 17115C0301, 17115C0305, 17115C0310, 17115C0315, 17115C0320, and 17115C0330 and 17115C0340 of the countywide Flood Insurance Rate Map for Maeon Geu , mels the City of Decatur, prepared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and dated me 16, `'n" June 7, 2017. Floodplain also includes areas of known flooding as identified by the community and those parts of unincorporated Macon County that are within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City or that may be annexed into the City are generally identified as such on the Flood Insurance Rate map prepared for Macon County by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, dated june 16, 2014-June 7, 2017.