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Article 10 To see if the Town will vote to repeal Article XI (Floodplain Zone Provisions) of the Zoning Bylaw in its entirety and replace it with a new Article XI (Floodplain Zone Overlay) to read as follows: §174-58 Purpose and Intent The purpose of the Floodplain Zone Overlay is to: 1) Ensure public safety through reducing the threats to life and personal injury 2) Eliminate new hazards to emergency response officials 3) Prevent the occurrence of public emergencies resulting from water quality, contamination, and pollution due to flooding 4) Avoid the loss of utility services which if damaged by flooding would disrupt or shut down the utility network and impact regions of the community beyond the site of flooding 5) Eliminate costs associated with the response and cleanup of flooding conditions 6) Reduce damage to public and private property resulting from flooding waters §174-59 Use of FEMA Maps and Supporting Studies The Floodplain District is herein established as an overlay district. The District includes all special flood hazard areas within Mashpee's designated as Zone A, AE, AH, AO, A99, V, or VE on the Barnstable County Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) dated July 6, 2021 issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for the administration of the National Flood Insurance Program. The exact boundaries of the District shall be defined by the 1 %-chance base flood elevations shown on the FIRM and further defined by the Barnstable County Flood Insurance Study (FIS) report dated July 6, 2021. The FIRM and FIS report are incorporated herein by reference and are on file with the Town Clerk, Planning Board, Building Official, Conservation Commission and GIS/E911 Coordinator. §174-60 General provisions 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), within the A, AE, AH, AO, A99, V and VE Zones as designated on Flood Insurance Rate Maps dated July 6, 2021, and the Flood Insurance Study dated July 6, 2021, which are on file with the Town Clerk, Planning Board and Building Inspector, shall be approved subject to other laws and bylaws applicable thereto and to the following provisions. Definitions of terms used herein or relevant hereto are set forth in § 174-3.1 of this Bylaw. §174-60.1 Disclaimer of Liability The degree of flood protection required by this bylaw is considered reasonable but does not imply total flood protection. 3