in regulated floodways shall meet the limitations of §9-1401 Flood Damage Prevention Regulations, k. Provisions for Flood Hazard Reduction (5) of these regulations.
iii. Roads and watercourse crossings in regulated floodways and NEAs. Roads and watercourse crossings, including roads, bridges, culverts, low-water crossings and similar means for vehicles or pedestrians to travel from one side of a watercourse to the other side, that encroach into regulated floodways shall meet the limitations of §9-1401 Flood Damage Prevention Regulations, k. Provisions for Flood Hazard Reduction (5) of these regulations. (3) Standards for Floodplains without Established Based Flood Elevations or Floodwaters . Within the Special Flood Hazard Area designated as Approximate Zone A and established in §9-1401 Flood Damage Prevention Regulations, f. General Provisions (2), where no Base Flood Elevation (BFE) data has been provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the following provisions, in addition to §9-1401 Flood Damage Prevention Regulations, k. Provisions for Flood Hazard Reduction, (1) General Standards shall apply: A. No Encroachments without Engineer’s Certification . No encroachments, including fill, new construction, substantial improvements, or new development shall be permitted within a distance of 20 feet each side from top of bank or five times the width of the stream, whichever is greater, unless certification with supporting technical data by a registered professional engineer is provided demonstrating that such encroachments shall not result in any increase in flood levels during the occurrence of the base flood discharge. B. Base Flood Elevation (BFE) . The Base Flood Elevation (BFE) used in determining the regulatory flood protection elevation shall be determined based on one (1) of the following criteria set in priority order: i. Greater Than 5 Acres or More Than 50 Lots . All subdivisions, manufactured home park(s) and other development proposals shall provide Base Flood Elevations (BFE) data if development is greater than five (5) acres or has more than 50 lots/manufactured home sites. Such Base Flood Elevation (BFE) data shall be adopted by reference per §9-1401 Flood Damage Prevention Regulations, f. General Provisions (2) to be utilized in implementing the Flood Damage Prevention Regulations.
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