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<br />Federal Emergency Management Agency <br /> <br />flood-prone area, to enable them to <br />withstand flood damage, and to facili- <br />tate emergency operations; <br />(9) Improvement of local drainage to <br />control increased runoff that might in- <br />crease the danger of flooding to other <br />properties; <br />(10) Coordination of plans with neigh- <br />boring community's flood plain man- <br />agement programs; <br />(11) The requirement that all new. <br />construction and substantial improve- <br />ments in areas subject to subsidence be <br />elevated above the base flOod level <br />equal to expected subsidence for at <br />least a ten year period; <br />(12) For riverine areas. requiring sub- <br />dividers to furnish delineations for <br />floodways before approving a subdivi- <br />sion: <br />(13) Prohibition of any alteration or <br />relocation of a watercourse, except as <br />part of an overa.ll drainage basin plan. <br />In the event of an overall drainage <br />basin plan, provide that the flood car- <br />rying capacity within the altered or re- <br />located portion of the watercourse is <br />maintained: <br />(14) Requirement of setbacks for new <br />construction within Zones VI-30, VE, <br />and V on a co=uni1;y's FIRM; <br />(15) Requirement of additional ele- <br />vation above the base flood level for all <br />new construction and substantial im- <br />provements within Zones AI-30, AE, <br />VI-30. and VE on the community's <br />FIRM to protect against such occur- <br />rences as wave wash and floating de- <br />bris, to provide an added margin of <br />safety against floods having a mag- <br />nitude greater than the base flood, or <br />to compensate for future urban devel- <br />opment; <br />(16) Requirement of consistency be- <br />tween state. regional and local com- <br />prehensive plans and flood plain man- <br />agement programs; <br />(17) Requirement of pilings or col- <br />umns rather than fill, for the elevation <br />of structures within flood-prone areas, <br />in order to maintain the storage capac- <br />ity of the flood plain and to minimize <br />the potential for negative impacts to <br />sensitive ecolOgical areas; <br />(18) Prohibition, within any fJoodway <br />or coastal high hazard area, of plants <br />or facilities in which hazardous sub- <br />stances are manufactured. <br /> <br />960.23 <br /> <br />(19) Requirement that; a plan for <br />evacuating residents of all manufac- <br />tured home parks or subdivisions lo- <br />cated within flood prone, a.reas be de- <br />veloped and filed with and approved by <br />appropriate communit)r emergency <br />management authorities. <br /> <br />[41 FR 46975. Oct. 26, 1976. R"designated at 44 <br />FR 311'77, May 31, 1979. as amended at 50 FR <br />36025. Sept. 4. 1985; 54 FR 402B4. Sept. 29, 1989] <br /> <br />i 60.23 Planning considerations for <br />mudslide (i.e., mudflow)-prone <br />areas. <br />The planning proceS:1 for co=u- <br />nities identified under :pa.rt 65 of this <br />subchapter as containing Zone M, or <br />which indicate in their applications for <br />flood insurance pursuant to i 59.22 of <br />thil; subchapter that they have <br />mudslide (Le., mudflow) areas, should <br />include- <br />(a) The existence anel extent of the <br />~rd; <br />(b) The potential effects of inappro- <br />priate hillside deVelopment, including <br />(1) Loss of life and personal injuries, <br />and <br />(2) Public and private property <br />losses, costs. liabilities, and exposures <br />resulting from potential mudslide (i.e., <br />mudflow) hazards; <br />(c) The means of avoiding thll hazard <br />inCluding the (1) availability of land <br />which is not mudslide (Le.. mudflow)- <br />prone and the feasibiliCy of developing <br />such land instead of further encroach- <br />ing upon mudslidll (i.e., mudflow) <br />areas, (2) possibility of public acquisi- <br />tion of land, easemenCs, and devlllop- <br />ment rights to assure 111e proper devel- <br />opment of hillsides, an,:t (3) advisability <br />of preserving mudslid,~ (Le., mudflow) <br />areas as open space; <br />(d) The means of adjusting to the <br />hazard, including the (1) establishment <br />by ordinance of site exploration, inves- <br />tigation, design, grading, construction, <br />filing, compacting, foundation, sewer- <br />age, drainage, subdr""inage, planting, <br />inspection and maintenance standards <br />and requirements that promote proper <br />land use, and (2) provision for proper <br />drainage and subdrainage on publiC <br />property and the location of public <br />utilities and service facilities, such as <br />sewer. water, gas and electrical sys- <br />tems and streets in a manner designed <br />to minimize exposure to mudl;lide (i.e., <br /> <br />247 <br /> <br />.. . <br /> <br />-,' ..--', <br /> <br />.......:-.... <br /> <br />.... . <br /> <br />. . . ~ ", '. ... . <br />, . <br /> <br />.... 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