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<br />. . . <br />PROPOSED OPERATING PRINCIPLE #4 <br /> <br />DESIGNATED FLOODWAYS <br /> <br />THE CWCB RECOGNIZES THAT DESIGNATED FLOODWA YS <br />ARE ADMINISTRATIVE LIMITS AND TOOLS USED BY <br />COMMUNITIES TO REGULATE EXISTING AND FUTURE <br />FLOODPLAIN DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN THEIR <br />JURISDICTIONS. THEREFORE, COMMUNITIES MAY <br />CHOOSE TO DELINEATE FLOODWA YS BASED ON FEMA's <br />1-FOOT RISE CRITERIA OR BASED ON MORE STRICT <br />CRITERIA BY ALLOWING A LESSER AMOUNT OF RISE <br />ABOVE THE BASE FLOOD ELEVATIONS. THE CWCS <br />FLOODWA Y OPERA TING PRINCIPLE IS SYNONYMOUS <br />WITH COMMUNITIES' ADOPTED FLOODWA Y CRITERIA. <br />WHERE NO LOCAL FLOODWA Y CRITERIA EXIST, THE <br />CWCS RECOMMENDS THE USE OF THE MINIMU~ FEMA <br />STANDARD. I'q <br /> <br />12 <br /> <br />