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%W Fellsmere . The Town 's building code has incorporated provisions that require <br /> brace gable and roof framing , corrosion resistant hurricane clips , and trusses manufactured <br /> in accordance with local wind models . <br /> Indian River Shores . The Town 's Building Code includes key haza d -specific <br /> provisions . They include brace gable end roof framing , corrosion resistant huripicane clips , <br /> and pressure positively treated lumber . The Town ' s code requires structures to meet the <br /> 140 mph windload . In addition , the Town has modified its Flood Damage Prevention <br /> Ordinance by raising the base floor elevation . <br /> Orchid . Orchid ' s Building Code includes key hazard -specific provis ons . They <br /> include brace gable end roof framing , corrosion resistant hurricane clips , and pressure <br /> positively treated lumber. According to the code , all construction must meet the Town ' s <br /> 130 mph windload requirement . The finished floor elevation is more stringent than the one <br /> recommended by FEMA . <br /> Sebastian . The City's Building Code is patterned after the Standard Building <br /> Code . It contains key hazard -specific provisions , such as brace gable end roof framing , <br /> water resistant adhesives for shingles , and trusses manufactured to withstand a maximum <br /> windload of 130 mph . Also , the City requires that the finished floor elevation ba. 19 inches <br /> above minimum 100-year flood . <br /> Vero Beach . The City does not issue building permits . They contr ct with Indian <br /> River County . Development within the City that takes place east of 82nd Avenue must be <br /> built to withstand 140 mph windload ; while in areas to the west of 82nd , builders are held to a <br /> lesser standard , 130 mph since the area is not immediately fronting on the AtIE ntic Ocean . <br /> The City requires finished floor elevation to be 18 inches above the minimum 100-year flood <br /> level in the Flood Insurance Rate Map ( FIRM ) "V" zone (see Table 4. 2 for an Explanation of <br /> zone codes ) . <br /> Other Ordinances. All the municipalities partner in the County' s we [field <br /> protection ordinance . Also , each has provisions in their development code that require <br /> buffering between proposed development areas and adjacent wetlands and natural areas . <br /> Each jurisdiction has emergency water conservation ordinances in effect . <br /> The City of Sebastian has adopted a controlled burn ordinance sup orting <br /> burning under certain conditions . In becoming CRS qualified in 1998 , the City enacted a <br /> Flood Damage Prevention ordinance . <br /> The City of Vero Beach has adopted a Flood Damage Prevention a d Drainage <br /> Ordinance . Recently , the City amended the ordinance to require any new building within the <br /> FEMA FIRM "V" zone be constructed with a finished floor elevation 18 inches above the <br /> 100-year Base Flood Elevation . It also requires a stormwater drainage plan for all new <br /> construction . <br /> 3 . 6 . 3 Municipal Mitigation Projects/Initiatives <br /> An LMS datasheet was prepared and distributed to all participating ocal <br /> governments as a means to inventory and assemble data on mitigation projects and <br /> '�.► initiatives each governmental entity had or is implementing . Projects are capital <br /> improvements , while initiatives can include purchase of property to upgraded building codes <br /> 3-21 <br />