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<br />are converted to digital format while those noj:.-&ffected are left in the manual format. This has ,/;,/
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<br />The Council acknowledges th~5frides made by FEMf\::1oconvert the NFIP maps to />/
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<br />~igital format and reco~nizes.t~t;-<o~t~aints within whish;c6llver~ion must take place:/lJIis .
<br />Issue nevertheless remaInS cmiiool to tRe{uture of thj:-19FIP mappIng program, and U1E;GpunCII
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<br />will work t~ develop reco.m:mendations that'may,e$-pedite this conversion. /..-;/,>
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<br />DETl:~',~g~UDY- / >;/ 4.3.1. Distribution of LOMC Informotion With Map;-;;// ,;;>/
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<br />, Local governments are required to adopt land-~;rt:~ulations in exchange f<?r~/
<br />bility of flood insurance in their communities. .l~vdoing so, the concept of dvell'rocess
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<br />'be-~~d. Courts have ruled that a map/0ftatly depicting the lands to b.e;.egulated, along
<br />, M!lllIionabQut the regulations to be iJIlp6sed, must be published anPinade available to /
<br />bTie.Written l~gardescriptions of th~p'roperty to be regulated areK(l'n;idered to be too ,//
<br />onfusing and, thus, not accepllIble., Loca(units of government con~ently must adopt maps to /;>/
<br />:.suRRP5Uhe imposition ofland-use r2quir()tnents and restrictionsAt4lld when a map is changed, /;><',
<br />~l?e community must go through the sar)'lflegal process to ad9Pf-the revised map. /;/\',
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<br />FEMA is the agency responsi16Jk for adminlsler1)1Wfhe relevant regulations. It als.o;j.s-fhe "
<br />ZONE ~ole entity having the legislative auth~rity under the Natlo~aI Flood Insurance Act tq/p,Ublish or
<br />revise FIRMs. LOMCs, which incl\lde LOMAs and LOMR~;,are needed to clarifYYrRMs.
<br />Limitations of scale on a physicat!?1ap make it impossible to\~w a small c~~g{ Physical
<br />maps cannot be revised rapidly, aP~ producing a FIRM is much't.Uore costly,';ttian producing a
<br />LO~~j A LOM~ can be i.ssued ~~n a property owner or. prospe;;ti~~,!5tlyer offers evidence that
<br />a bUlM/ng appearIng to be In a flood~~d area on a phYSIcal ma~):YfealJy above the BFE. An
<br />exap'J,ple is whel2:~JItlade alterations;'ii~h as the use offill,):l!(vi removed land from the
<br />fl?9dplain. Issuance of the LOMC exemplS::t4e property frqr6-the federal requirements for flood
<br />Wurance. Unless ~jQ(;al government amen((Nts appJic;<ible ordinances, however, the LOMCs
<br />/po not change th~rfgtilitt~imposed on the l~ii. /;/
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<br />____m_:{./ The pfJ6ntial for conflict lN~\iily ap.p:arent when local regulations related to a parcel of
<br />property are(!jtill in force, but the Fede~'Cfofernment has exempted the parcel from
<br />requirement~,for flood insurance. /-/__---
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<br />The Council helu:~,~r&wnents for including copies of applicapIe-J:9M~_W1ih ofaers for
<br />new maps, It also heard atgyments for automatically sendil}g;<:\J.j:liesgfLOMCs to those who
<br />have previously purcha~a-a FIRM, such as a flood l'lJlllI!1letexminafion company, that would be
<br />affected by an LOMe/lEMA expressed validc-<r~out the added costs of including more
<br />infor:nation in the m~~dis!ribllli<lnproc~~;ab~ut.potential problems for commu~ty
<br />I offiCIals. FEMA dOys,not chaqse-f9(r::0~~ even In ItS new fee schedule. It recogmzes that
<br />!_._limitations in mapp-(rtg, partbU~j1Io-se of scale, lead to the inadvertent inclusion of some
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