Section
175-76
ESTABLISHMENT OF FLOODPLAIN DISTRICTS
A.
Basis of
Districts - The various floodplain districts shall include special
flood
hazard areas. The basis for the delineation of these districts shall be
the
Flood Insurance Study (FIS) for the
Town of Front Royal prepared by the Federal Emergency
Management Agency,
Federal Insurance Administration, dated June 3, 2008, as amended.
(Ord.
No. 2-08 Removed Panel Numbers/Amended Date 5-12-08-Effective
Upon Passage)
B.
The Floodway District is delineated, for purposes of
this ordinance, using the criterion that certain areas within the
floodplain
must be capable of carrying the waters of the Special Flood Hazard Area
without
increasing the water surface elevation of that flood more than one (1)
foot at
any point. The areas included in this District are specifically defined
in
Table 4 of the above-referenced Flood Insurance Study and shown on the
accompanying Flood Boundary and Floodway Map or Flood Insurance Rate
Map.
(Ord.
No. 7-08 Amended 6-2-08 as an Emergency Ordinance &
6-23-08 Formally-Effective Upon Passage)
C.
The Flood-Fringe District shall be that area of the
Special Flood Hazard Area not included in the Floodway District. The
basis for
the outermost boundary of the District shall be the Special Flood
Hazard Area
elevations contained in the flood profiles of the above-referenced
Flood
Insurance Study and as shown on the accompanying Flood Boundary and
Floodway
Map or Flood Insurance Rate Map.
D.
The Approximated Floodplain District shall be those
areas identified as an A Zone on the maps accompanying the Flood
Insurance
Study. In these zones, no detailed flood profiles or elevations
are
provided, but the Special Flood Hazard Area boundary has been
approximated.