The purposes of the floodplain district are to:
A. Ensure
public safety through reducing the threats to life and personal injury;
B. Eliminate
new hazards to emergency response officials;
C. Prevent
the occurrence of public emergencies resulting from water quality,
contamination, and pollution due to flooding;
D. Avoid
the loss of utility services if which damaged by flooding would disrupt
or shut down the utility network and impact regions of the community
beyond the site of flooding;
E. Eliminate
costs associated with the response and cleanup of flooding conditions;
F. Reduce
damage to public and private property resulting from flooding waters.
(C.O. 00-574 § 1, 2000)
The floodplain district is herein established as an overlay
district. The district includes all special flood hazard areas within
the city of Revere designated as Zone A, AE, AH, AO, A99, V, or VE
on the Suffolk County Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) issued by the
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for the administration
of the National Flood Insurance Program. The map panels of the Suffolk
County FIRM that are wholly or partially within the city of Revere
are panels numbers 9G, 17G, 19G, 28G, 29G, 36G, 37G, and 38G dated
September 25, 2009. The exact boundaries of the district may be defined
by the 100-year base flood elevations shown on the FIRM and further
defined by the Suffolk County Flood Insurance Study (FIS) report dated
September 25, 2009. The FIRM and FIS Report are incorporated herein
by reference.
(C.O. 85-656 § 20; C.O.
02-353 § 1 (part); C.O. 09-416, § 1, 8/24/2009)
Located within the flood plain district are areas designated
as coastal high hazard areas (Zone V). Since these areas are extremely
hazardous due to the high velocity waters from tidal surges and hurricane
wave wash, the following provisions shall apply:
A. All
new construction shall be located landward of the reach of mean high
tide.
B. The
alteration of sand dunes which would increase potential flood damage
is prohibited.
(C.O. 84-507 § 1 (part); C.O. 09-416, § 2, 8/24/2009)
Within Zones AH and AO on the FIRM, adequate drainage paths
must be provided around structures on slopes, to guide floodwaters
around and away from proposed structures.
(C.O. 84-507 § 1 (part); C.O. 00-574 §§ 5, 6, 2000; C.O. 09-416,
§ 4, 8/24/2009)
Located within the flood plain district are areas designated
as one-hundred-year flood areas (Zone A) where base flood elevations
and flood hazard factors have not been determined. Within these areas
the following provision shall apply: Within Zone A, where the base
flood elevation is not provided on the city's Flood Insurance Rate
Map, the applicant shall obtain any existing base flood elevation
data and it shall be reviewed by the city engineer for its reasonable
utilization toward meeting the elevation or floodproofing requirements,
as appropriate, of the state building code. Further, the Wetlands
Protection Act may require engineering studies to be performed in
order to determine base flood elevations in unnumbered A zones
(C.O. 84-507 § 1 (part); C.O. 00-574 § 7, 2000)
In the floodway, designated on the city's Flood Boundary and
Floodway Map, the following provisions shall apply:
A. All
encroachments, including fill, new construction, substantial improvements
to existing structures, and other developments are prohibited unless
certification by a registered professional engineer is provided by
the applicant demonstrating that such encroachment shall not result
in any increase in flood levels during the occurrence of the one-hundred-year
flood.
B. Any
encroachment meeting the above standard shall comply with the flood
plain requirements of the state building code.
(C.O. 84-507 § 1 (part))
In a riverine situation, the city of Revere Floodplain Administrator
shall notify the following of any alteration or relocation of watercourse:
Adjacent Communities
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NFIP State Coordinator
Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation
251 Causeway Street, Suite 600-700
Boston, MA 02114-2104
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NFIP Program Specialist
Federal Management Emergency Agency, Region I
99 High Street, 6th Floor
Boston, MA 02110
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(C.O. 00-574 § 3, 2000; C.O. 09-416, § 5, 8/24/2009)
A. The
floodplain district is established as an overlay district to all other
districts. All development in the district, including structural and
non-structural activities, whether permitted by right or by special
permit must be in compliance with Chapter 131, Section 40 of the Massachusetts
General Laws and with the following:
1. Section
of the Massachusetts State Building Code which addresses floodplain
and coastal high hazard areas (currently 780 CMR 120.G, "Flood Resistant
Construction and Construction in Coastal Dunes");
2. Wetlands
Protection Regulations, Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)
(currently 310 CMR 10.00);
3. Inland
Wetlands Restrictions, DEP (currently 310 CMR 13.00);
4. Coastal
Wetlands Restrictions, DEP (currently 310 CMR 12.00);
5. Minimum
Requirements for the Subsurface Disposal of Sanitary Sewage, DEP (currently
310 CMR 15, Title 5).
B. Any
variances from the provisions and requirements of the above referenced
state regulations may only be granted in accordance with the required
variance procedures of these state regulations.
(C.O. 00-574 § 4, 2000; C.O. 09-416, § 5, 8/24/2009)