§ 17.11.050. Basis for establishing special flood hazard areas and BFES.

(A)

For the purposes of this chapter, the minimum basis for establishing special flood hazard areas and base flood elevations is the flood insurance study for Anne Arundel County, Maryland and incorporated areas dated February 18, 2015, or the most recent revision thereof, and the accompanying Flood Insurance Rate Map(s) and all subsequent amendments and revisions to the FIRMs. The FIS and FIRMs are retained on file and available to the public at the Office of Environmental Policy.

(B)

Where field surveyed topography or digital topography indicates that ground elevations are below the closest applicable base flood elevation, even in areas not delineated as a special flood hazard on the FIRM, the area shall be considered as special flood hazard area.

(C)

To establish base flood elevations in special flood hazard areas that do not have such elevations shown on the FIRM, the Floodplain Administrator may provide the best available data for base flood elevations, may require the applicant to obtain available information from Federal, State or other sources, or may require the applicant to establish special flood hazard areas and base flood elevations as set forth in Section 17.11.320, Section 17.11.330, and Section 17.11.340 of this chapter.

(Ord. No. O-24-12, § I, 7-23-2012; Ord. No. O-5-15 Amended, § I, 4-27-2015; Ord. No. O-12-16 Amended, § I, 5-23-2016)