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ORDINANCE 2012-036 The Floodplain Administrator is authorized to waive the submission of site plans construction documents and other data that are required by these floodplain regulations but are not required to be prepared by a registered design professional if it is found that the nature of the proposed development is such that the review of such submissions is not necessary to ascertain compliance with these regulations. 2 Information in flood hazard areas without base flood elevations Lapproximate Zone A) Where flood hazard areas are delineated on the FIRM and base flood elevation data have not been provided, the Floodplain Administrator shall: a Obtain review, and provide to applicants base flood elevation and floodwav data available from a federal or state agency or other source or require the applicant to obtain and use base flood elevation and floodwav data available from a federal or state any or other source; or b Where base flood elevation and floodwav data are not available from another source where the available the data are deemed by the Floodplain Administrator to not reasonably reflect flooding conditions, or where the available data are known to be scientifically or technically incorrect or otherwise inadequate: i. Require the applicant to develop_ base flood elevation data prepared in accordance with currently accepted engineering practices; or H. Specify that the base flood elevation is three (3) feet above the highest adjacent grade at the location of the development, provided there is no evidence indicating flood depths have been or maybe greater than three (3) feet. c Where the base flood elevation data are to be used to support a Letter of Map Change from FEMA advise the applicant that the analysis shall be prepared by a Florida licensed engineer in a format required by FEMA and that it shall be the responsibility of the applicant to satisfy the submittal requirements and pay the processing fees. 3 Additional analyses and certifications As applicable to the location and nature of the proposed development activity and in addition to the requirements of this section the applicant shall have the following analyses signed and sealed by a Florida licensed engineer for submission with site plans and construction documents: Underline: Additions to Ordinance Deleted Text from Existing Ordinance 27 C:\Documents and Settings\tlister0esktop\Revised IRC Flood Protect Ord final 10-26-12.rtf