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SECTION 11 : FLOOD PLAIN ZONE PROVISIOr-JS Permits for new construction , alteration of structures, or other development ( any man-made change to improved or unimproved real estate , including but not limited to buildings or other structures , mining, dredging, filling, grading, p.a�.- i ng, excavation or dr• i l l i n,. at i on _.:: , 9.t or• bel ovi the Base Fl ood Elevation as specified i&fithin the A and V zones ( in unnumbered A zones, in the absence of Flood Insurance Administration data , the + base flood elevations shall be determined by obtaining, reviewing IVES and reasonably utilizing .any existing base flood elevation data 11 from Federal , State or other sources) as designated on special G .M* F. I .A. Flood Insurance Rate Maps , Page five and Page ten dated October 19, 1977, as amended (v)h i ch are on file with the k Town Clerk , Planning Board and Building Inspector) , shall be '" approved subject to other laws and by-laws applicable thereto and to the fol lowing: 1 . New construction or substantial improvement (repair , construction or alteration containing 50X or more of the market value of the structure before improvement , or if damaged, before damage occured) , of residential structures shall have the lowest floor ( including basement) , ` elevated to not less than base flood elevations. New construction or substantial improvement of nonresidential structure= shall either be similarly elevated or , together with attendant utility and sanitary fa.c i 1 i t i es, be flood proofed to not less than bale elevations . (Substantial improvement have been deemed to �.ccur when the first alteration of any structural part of the building commences . ) 2. Where flood-proofing i s required in accordance with Section 1 , a registered engineer or architect shall certify that the flood-proofing methods are adequate to withstand the flood depths, pressures, velocities, impact and uplift forces, and other factors associated with the base flood. 3. Any new construciton or substantial improvement to be undertaken within said zones shall be in accordance with the Massachusetts Uniform Building I. Code , Section ?43.0 as amended. The Building Inspector shall ( .a) review all proposed development v)i thin the flood zones to .a_._.ure that ` all necessary permits i,,ih i ch are obtainable at such time have been received from those governmental agencies from which approval is required by Federal or State law, including Section 404 .,f the Federal Water Pollution Control Amendments of m,f