[Amended 8-8-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-05]
A. 
For the purpose of this chapter, the areas considered to be flood-prone within the Borough of Jim Thorpe shall be those areas identified as being subject to the one-hundred-year flood in the Flood Insurance Study prepared for the Borough of Jim Thorpe, Carbon County, Pennsylvania by the Federal Insurance Administration dated October 28, 1976, as amended.
B. 
A map showing all areas considered to be flood-prone is available for inspection at the Borough of Jim Thorpe, Carbon County, Pennsylvania office. For the purposes of this chapter, the following nomenclature is used in referring to the various kinds of flood-prone areas:
(1) 
FW (Floodway Area): the areas identified as "Floodway Fringe" in the Flood Insurance Study prepared by the FIA.
(2) 
FF (Flood-fringe Area): the areas identified as "Floodway Fringe" in the Flood Insurance Study prepared by the FIA.
(3) 
FP (General Floodplain Area): the areas identified as "one-hundred-year floodplain" in the Flood Insurance Study prepared by the FIA.
(4) 
FA (General Floodplain Area): the areas identified as "Approximated One-Hundred-Year Floodplain" in the Flood Insurance Study prepared by the FIA.
(5) 
FO (Shallow Floodplain Area): the areas identified as "one-hundred-year shallow floodplain" in the Flood Insurance Study prepared by the FIA.
A. 
The areas considered to be flood-prone may be revised or modified by the Council of the Borough of Jim Thorpe where studies or information provided by a qualified agency or person documents the need or possibility for such revision.
B. 
No modification or revision of any area identified as being flood-prone in the Flood Insurance Study prepared by the Federal Insurance Administration shall be made without prior approval from the Federal Insurance Administrates.
Should a dispute arise concerning the identification of any flood-prone area, an initial determination shall be made by the Building Permit Officer and any age grieved by such decision may appeal to the Council of the Borough of Jim Thorpe. The burden of proof shall be on the appellant.