2024 NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM (NFIP) UPDATE TOWN OF WEBSTER DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MAY 9, 2024
HISTORY / BACKGROUND • NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM (NFIP) CREATED IN 1968 • ISSUES OFFICIAL FLOOD INSURANCE RATE MAPS (FIRMS) THAT IDENTIFY AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING • NFIP GOVERNS DEVELOPMENT & CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES IN FLOOD ZONES • LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES RESPONSIBLE FOR ADMINISTERING PROGRAM
TOWN OF WEBSTER’S FLOODPLAIN DAMAGE PREVENTION ORDINANCE • CHAPTER 170 OF TOWN CODE • IDENTIFIES FLOOD PRONE AREAS IN ACCORDANCE WITH OFFICIAL FIRMS • ESTABLISHES A PERMIT APPLICATION AND REVIEW PROCESS FOR DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES WITHIN FLOOD ZONES • REQUIRES DESIGNATION OF A LOCAL FLOODPLAIN ADMINISTRATOR
• REQUIRES MAINTAINING RECORDS TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH NFIP
OFFICIAL FLOOD INSURANCE RATE MAPS (FIRMS) • EXISTING MAPS BECAME EFFECTIVE ON AUGUST 28, 2008 • A RECENT FLOOD INSURANCE STUDY (FIS) WAS PERFORMED FOR MONROE COUNTY LAKESHORE COMMUNITIES; • REVISED MAPS PRODUCED AND SHARED WITH LOCAL COMMUNITIES FOR REVIEW
• REVISED MAPS BECOME EFFECTIVE ON JULY 31, 2024
SUMMARY OF CHANGES • NEW “VE” ZONE ADDED THAT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT WIND / WAVE ACTION ALONG LAKE ONTARIO SHORELINE. • INCORPORATES APPROXIMATELY 20 PREVIOUS REVISIONS (LOMRS) INTO NEW OFFICIAL MAPS. • NEW MAP / PANEL INDEX NUMBERS ON SOME PANELS • INCLUDES OTHER FEDERAL AND STATE PROGRAM CHANGES
ACTION ITEMS • REVIEW OF PRELIMINARY DRAFT MAPS ✓ • BRIEF LOCAL GOVERNING BODY OF PROGRAM CHANGES ✓
• COMPOSE DRAFT ORDINANCE (OR AMEND EXISTING) & PROVIDE TO N.Y.S. DEC FOR REVIEW • SCHEDULE & HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING
• ADOPT REVISED ORDINANCE BY JULY 1, 2024 (30 DAYS PRIOR TO EFFECTIVE DATE)
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