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Article 10 estate, including but not limited to buildings To see if the Town will vote to repeal Article XT or other structures, mining, dredging, filling, (Floodplain Zone Provisions) of the Zoning Bylaw grading, paving, excavation or drilling in its entirety and replace it with a new Article XI operations), within the A,AE,AH, AO, A99, (Floodplain Zone Overlay)to read as follows: V and VE Zones as designated on Flood Insurance Rate Maps dated July 6, 2021, §174-58 Purpose and Intent and the Flood Insurance Study dated July 6, 2021, which are on file with the Town Clerk, The purpose of the Floodplain Zone Overlay is to: Planning Board and Building Inspector, shall be approved subject to other laws and 1) Ensure public safety through reducing the bylaws applicable thereto and to the following threats to life and personal injury provisions.Definitions of terms used herein or 2) Eliminate new hazards to emergency relevant hereto are set forth in §174-3.1 of this response officials Bylaw. 3) Prevent the occurrence of public emergencies resulting from water quality, §174-60.1 Disclaimer of Liability contamination,and pollution due to flooding 4) Avoid the loss of utility services which if The degree of flood protection required by this damaged by flooding would disrupt or shut bylaw is considered reasonable but does not down the utility network and impact regions of imply total flood protection. the community beyond the site of flooding 5) Eliminate costs associated with the §174-60.2 Severability response and cleanup of flooding conditions 6) Reduce damage to public and private If any specific and segregable section, property resulting from flooding waters provision,or portion of this bylaw is deemed to be unconstitutional, invalid, or unenforceable §174-59 Use of FEMA Maps and Supporting by a court, all other sections or provisions of Studies the bylaw shall remain in full force and effect. The Floodplain District is herein established as §174-60.3 Designation of community Floodplain an overlay district. The District includes all Administrator special flood hazard areas within Mashpee's designated as Zone A,AE,AH,AO,A99,V,or The Town of Mashpee hereby designates VE on the Barnstable County Flood Insurance the Building Commissioner to be the official Rate Map (FIRM) dated July 6, 2021 issued Floodplain Administrator for the Town. by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for the administration of the §174-60.4 Requirement to submit new technical National Flood Insurance Program. The exact data boundaries of the District shall be defined by the 1%-chance base flood elevations shown on If the Town acquires data that changes the base the FIRM and further defined by the Barnstable flood elevation in the FEMA mapped Special County Flood Insurance Study (FIS) report Flood Hazard Areas, the Town will, within 6 dated July 6, 2021. The FIRM and FIS report months of such acquisition, notify FEMA of are incorporated herein by reference and are these changes by submitting the technical or on file with the Town Clerk, Planning Board, scientific data that supports the change(s). Building Official, Conservation Commission Such notification shall be submitted to: and GIS/E911 Coordinator. FEMA Region I Risk Analysis Branch Chief §174-60 General provisions 99 High St.,6"'floor,Boston,MA 02110 And copy of notification to: Permits for new construction, alteration of Massachusetts NFIP State Coordinator structures or other development (any man- MA Dept.of Conservation &Recreation made change to improved or unimproved real 251 Causeway Street,Boston,MA 02114 86