Portland City Code ch. 14

Citation: Portland City Code ch. 14
Parent Document: Portland City Code ch. 14
Jurisdiction: Portland (municipal)
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12 FLOOD PLAIN MANAGEMENT 12.3 DEFINITIONS
Area of special flood hazard. The land in the flood
12.1 PURPOSE plain having a 1% or greater chance of flooding in
The City of Portland, Maine, elects to comply with any given year as specifically identified in the most
the 42 USC Section 4001 et seq. requirements of recently adopted FEMA Flood Insurance Study for
the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as the City of Portland.
amended from time to time. The National Flood
Insurance Program, established in the aforesaid act, Base flood. The flood having a 1% chance of being
provides that areas of the city having a special flood hereof or exceeded in any given year (i.e., a 100-year
hazard be identified by the Federal Emergency storm).
Management Agency and that flood plain
management measures be applied in such flood Coastal high hazard area. The area subject to high
hazard areas. This article establishes a Flood Hazard velocity waters, including but not limited to,
Development Permit system and review procedure hurricane wave wash or tsunamis. The area is
for development activities in the designated flood designated on the flood insurance rate map as zone
hazard areas of the city. The purposes of this article V1 30.
are to reduce future flood risks and losses, protect
against financial and human loss resulting from Development. Any man‑made change to improved
flood disasters, and to control the placement of or unimproved real estate, including but not limited
structures, construction materials, and methods to, the construction of, alteration to, or addition to
used to minimize potential property damage due to any buildings or other structures, mining, dredging,
flooding. filling, grading, paving, excavation, drilling
operations, or storage of equipment or materials.
12.2 APPLICABILITY
This article applies to all land areas, uses, structures, Flood boundary and floodway map. The official
and land use activities lying in the special flood map issued by the Federal Emergency Management
hazard areas as identified by the Federal Emergency Agency (FEMA) on which the boundaries of the
Management Agency in a report entitled Flood flood have been designated. This may alternatively
Insurance Study - City of Portland, Maine, County of be referred to as a flood hazard boundary map.
Cumberland, with accompanying “flood insurance
rate map” and “flood boundary and floodway map,” Flood insurance rate map. The official map
dated July 17, 1986. This Flood Insurance Study with (FIRM) on which the Federal Emergency
accompanying maps, and any subsequent Management Agency (FEMA) has delineated both
amendments thereto, is hereby adopted by the areas of special flood hazard and the risk
reference and declared to be a part of this Land Use premium zones applicable to the city.
Code.
Floodproofing. Any combination of structural or
nonstructural additions, changes, or adjustments to CITY OF PORTLAND LAND USE CODE | 12-1 FLOOD PLAIN MANAGEMENT

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