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ORDINANCE 2012-036 4. Manage the alteration of flood hazard areas watercourses and shorelines to minimize the impact of development on the natural and beneficial functions of the floodplain; 5. Minimize damage to public and private facilities and utilities; 6. Maintain a stable tax base by providing for the sound use and development of flood hazard areas; 7. Minimize the need for future expenditure of public funds for flood control projects and response to and recovery from flood events; and 8. Meet the requirements of the National Flood Insurance Program for community participation as set forth in the Title 44 Code of Federal Regulations, Section 59.22. (4) The floodplain regulations in this chapter are intended to be administered and enforced in conjunction with the Florida Building Code. Where cited, ASCE 24 refers to the edition of the standard that is referenced by the Florida Building Code. (5) The degree of flood protection required by these re¢ulations and the Florida Building Code as amended by this community, is considered the minimum reasonable for regulato1y purposes and is based on scientific and engineering considerations. Larger floods can and will occur. Flood heights may be increased by man-made or natural causes. These floodplain regulations do not imply that land outside of mapped special flood hazard areasor that uses permitted within such flood hazard areaswill be free from flooding or flood damage_. The flood hazard areas and base flood elevations contained in the Flood Insurance Study and shown on Flood Insurance Rate Mks and the requirements of Title 44 Code of Federal Regulations, Sections 59 and 60 may be revised by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, requiring this communi1y to revise those regulations to remain eligible for participation in the National Flood Insurance Program No guaranty of vested use existing use or future use is implied or expressed by compliance with this ordinance. Section 930.03. Rules of construction; applicability. (1) Applicability. The requirements of this chapter are intended to implement regulations of the Federal Emergency Management Agency set out as Title 44, CFR, the National Flood Insurance Program Regulations, and are intended to complement regulations of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) including but not limited to those found in Florida Administrative Code, Chapter 16-25, Regulation of Stormwater Discharge, Chapter 62-3, Water Quality Standards, and Chapter 62-4, Permits, Chapter 62-330, Environmental Resource Permitting, Chapter 62-312, Dredge and Fill Activities, and the Stormwater Rules of the St. Johns River Water Management District, all as adopted or as may be amended from time to time. Approval of a stormwater management system under this chapter shall not relieve any applicant of the necessity to obtain required permits or approvals from other state, regional, or local agencies, including specifically, but not limited to, observance of FDEP permitting requirements for use of the "landward extent of waters of the state," as that term is defined by Florida Administrative Code, Chapter 62-301.200(4). In the event of a conflict Underline: Additions to Ordinance StFike-thr-ouglr Deleted Text from Existing Ordinance 12 C:\Documents and Settings\tlister\Desktop\Revised IRC Flood Protect Ord final 10-26-12.rtf