Flooding in a tidal flood hazard area may be contributed to, or influenced by, stormwater runoff from inland areas, but the depth of flooding generated by the tidal rise and fall of the Atlantic Ocean is greater than flooding from any fluvial sources. Tidal Flood Hazard Area means a flood hazard area in which the flood elevation resulting from the two-, 10-, or 100-year storm, as applicable, is governed by tidal flooding from the Atlantic Ocean. This elevation, when combined with the “Freeboard”, establishes the “Regulatory Flood Protection Elevation”.īase flood elevation (BFE) means the elevation shown on the Flood Insurance Rate Map for Zones AE, AH, A1-30, VE and V1-V30 that indicates the water surface elevation resulting from a flood that has a 1-percent or greater chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year.Īrea of special flood hazard means the land in the floodplain within a community subject to a one percent or greater chance of flooding in any given year.įloodplain or flood-prone area means any land area susceptible to being inundated by water from any source (see definition of “flood”). When the BFE has not been provided in a “Special Flood Hazard Area”, it may be obtained from engineering studies available from a Federal, State, or other source using FEMA approved engineering methodologies. In “Special Flood Hazard Areas” where no BFE has been established, this elevation shall be at least two (2) feet above the highest adjacent grade.īase Flood Elevation (BFE means a determination of the water surface elevations of the base flood as published in the Flood Insurance Study.
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In “Special Flood Hazard Areas” where Base Flood Elevations (BFEs) have been determined, this elevation shall be the BFE plus two (2) feet of freeboard. Regulatory Flood Protection Elevation means the “Base Flood Elevation” plus the “Freeboard”. 100-year flood means a flood that has a 1-percent or greater chance of recurring in any given year or a flood of a magnitude equalled or exceeded once in 100 years on the average over a significantly long period.ġ00-year floodplain means any land area which is subject to a one percent or greater chance of flooding in any given year from any source.
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