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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 2-2 Subdistricts.">
  <section prefix="§" num="2-2" heading="Subdistricts.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">
      <para num="(1)">The Floodplain District comprises the subdistricts set forth in this section.</para>
      <para num="(2)">In all floodplain districts, the flood-protection elevation is calculated as follows:<para num="(i)">In the tidal floodplain areas, it is the height and geographic extent of the 0.2% annual chance flood in the tidal area plus freeboard.</para>
        <para num="(ii)">In the non-tidal floodplain areas, it is the extent of the 0.2% annual chance flood, and the height of the 1% annual chance flood plus freeboard.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Floodway.">The Floodway is that part of the Floodplain District that is reserved to convey a base-flood discharge so that the cumulative increase in the water surface elevation of the base-flood discharge is no more than the height designated by FEMA in the Flood Insurance Study.</para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Floodway Fringe.">
      <para num="(1)">The Floodway Fringe comprises those lands within the Floodplain District that:<para num="(i)">are subject to inundation by a base flood; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">lie beyond the Floodway (where a floodway has been determined), or in areas where detailed study data, profiles, and base-flood elevations have been established.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)">The Floodway Fringe appears on the Flood Insurance Rate Map as Zone AE.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Approximated Floodplain.">
      <para num="(1)">The Approximated Floodplain comprises those lands within the Floodplain District that:<para num="(i)">are subject to inundation by a base flood; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">lie in:<para num="(A)">areas for which a detailed study has not been performed, but a base floodplain boundary has been approximated; or</para>
          <para num="(B)">areas that are subject to shallow flooding.</para>
        </para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)">A base-flood elevation must be established after consideration of any flood elevation and floodway data available from Federal, State, or other sources.</para>
      <para num="(3)">The Approximated Floodplain appears on the Flood Insurance Rate Map as Zones A and AO.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(e)" heading="Coastal Floodplain.">
      <para num="(1)">The Coastal Floodplain, also referred to as tidal floodplain, comprises those lands within the Floodplain District that:<para num="(i)">due to high tides, hurricanes, tropical storms, and steady onshore winds, are subject to coastal or tidal inundation by a base flood; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">lie in areas where detailed study data are available.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)">The Coastal Floodplain appears on the Flood Insurance Rate Map as Zones A and AE, and includes areas encompassed by transects delineated by FEMA in the Flood Insurance Study.  (In Zone AE, a designation on the FIRM indicating “Limit of Moderate Wave Action” refers to the landward limit of waves of 1.5 feet or more in height.)</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(f)" heading="Coastal High Hazard Area.">
      <para num="(1)">The Coastal High Hazard Area is the area within a special flood hazard area extending from offshore to the inland limit of a primary frontal dune along an open coast and any other area that is subject to high velocity wave action from storms or seismic sources. This area is designated on FIRMs as velocity zones V, VO, VE, or V1-30, and includes areas encompassed by transects delineated by FEMA in the Flood Insurance Study.</para>
      <para num="(2)">The Coastal High Hazard Area appears on the Flood Insurance Rate Map as Zones V and VE.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(g)" heading="Flood Resilience Area.">&lt;em&gt;See &lt;/em&gt;&lt;cite data-path="|7|§1-3|(c)"&gt;§ 1-3(c) {“Definitions: Flood Resilience Area”} of this Division I&lt;/cite&gt;.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 7, §4(b)</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">2000, art. 7, §2-2</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 88-188</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 92-134</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 11-516</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 14-208</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 14-283</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 21-020</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
