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SECTION 11 : FLOOD PLAIN ZONE 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 ) , at or below the Base Flood Elevation as specified within 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 and reasonably utilizing any existing base flood elevation data from Federal , State , local or other sources ) as designated on special F. I .A. Flood Insurance Rate Maps dated June 5 , 1985 , as amended and the Flood Insurance Study , dated December 5 , 1984 (which are on file with the Town Clerk , Planning Board and Building Inspector ) , shall be approved subject to other laws and by-laws applicable thereto and to the following : * 1 . New construction or substantial improvement (repair , construction or alteration containing 50% or more of the market value of the structure before improvement , or if damaged , before damage occurred ) , 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 structures shall either be similarly elevated or, together with attendant utility** and sanitary facilities , be flood proofed to not less than base elevations . * ( Substantial improvement will have been deemed to occur when the first alteration of any ** structural part of the building commences . ) ( Utilities include electrical , heating , venti - lation , plumbing , a-ir conditioning equipment and sanitary and other service facilities . ) 2 . Where flood-proofing is 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 construction or substantial improvement to be undertaken within said zones shall be in accordance with the Massachusetts Uniform Building Code , Section 744.0 as amended . The Building Inspector shall (a ) review all proposed development within the flood zones to assure that 11 - 1