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<br />Learn-Assess <br /> <br />Page 4 of36 <br /> <br />Insurance Program, which must be enacted and <br />enforced by communities participating in the <br />program. The minimum regulations vary depending <br />upon the risk studies and mapping that have been <br />done in the community, but include <br /> <br />. Pennitting for all proposed new development <br />. Reviewing subdivision proposals to assure <br />that they will minimi7.e flood damage <br />. Anchoring and floodproofing structures to be <br />built in known floodprone areas; <br />. Safeguarding new water and sewage systems <br />and utility lines from flooding; and <br />. Enforcing risk zone, base flood elevation, <br />and floodway requirements after the flood <br />insurance map for the area becomes effective <br /> <br />There are numerous perfonnance and prescribed <br />standards applicable to each of the zones on flood <br />insurance maps. The Federal Insurance <br />Administration has several programs to help states <br />and communities adopt and comply with the <br />regulations. Other federal agencies provide <br />technical and planning assistance and support. <br /> <br />Since the 1960s the number of state and local <br />governments exercising regulatory authority over <br />floodplain uses has increased markedly, and the <br />variety of regulatory approaches has expanded. A <br />given state may directly regulate the flood hazard <br />area, set standards for local application, or regulate <br />the flood hazard area as part of a broader resource <br />protection and management program. To meet <br />these requirements, local governments adopt <br />specific floodplain management or stonnwater <br />management ordinances and incorporate floodplain <br />management provisions into zoning and <br />subdivision regulations, housing and building <br />codes, and resource protection regulations. The <br />number of communities with regulatory <br />requirements more stringent than those of the <br />