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The Floodplain District is herein established as an overlay district, including all special flood hazard areas within the Town of Mashpee designated as Zone A, AE, AO, AH, V and VE on the Barnstable County Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for the administration of the National Flood Insurance Program. The map panels of the Barnstable County FIRMs that are wholly or partially within the Town of Mashpee are panel numbers 25 001 Co517, 25 001 Co5 3 6, 25 001 Co5 3 7, 25 001 Co5 3 8, 25001 CO53g, 25001 CO732, 25001 CO734, 25001 CO742, 25001 CO751, 25001 CO752, 25001 C07531 25001 C0754 and 25001 C0761 dated June 16, 2011. The exact boundaries of the District may be defined by the 1 oo-year base flood elevations shown on the FIRM and further defined by the Barnstable County Flood Insurance Study (FIS) report dated June 16, 2011. The FIRM and FIS report are incorporated herein by reference and are on file with the Town Clerk, Planning Board and Building Inspector."; Delete the current Section 174-59 and replace it with the following: ' 1 174-59. Permits. Prior to issuance of 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, paving, excavation or drilling operations), at or below the base flood elevation as specified within the A and V Zones and in unnumbered A Zones, the Building Inspector shall obtain, review and reasonably utilize any base flood elevation and floodway data available from a Federal, State or any other source.' Delete the current Section 174-60 and replace it with the following: 174-50. Floodway and base flood data. A. Floodway Data. In Zones A, and AE, along watercourses that have not had a regulatory floodway designated, the best available Federal, State, local, or other floodway data shall be used to prohibit encroachments in floodways which would result in any increase in flood levels within the community during the occurrence of the base flood discharge. B. Base Flood Elevation Data. Base flood elevation data is required for subdivision proposals or other developments greater than 50 lots or 5 acres, whichever is the lesser, within unnumbered A zones."; Replace the title and first sentence of Section 174-6 1 with the following, and make the remaining current text a separate paragraph following the new text shown here: "§174-51. Reference to Existing Regulations. 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: