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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 3-1 In general.">
  <section prefix="§" num="3-1" heading="In general.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="New construction and substantial improvements.">
      <para num="(1)">In order to prevent excessive damage to structures, all new construction and substantial improvements to existing structures in the Floodplain District must comply with:<para num="(i)">the regulations and restrictions of this subtitle; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">except as otherwise provided in this Division I, the design and construction standards of:<para num="(A)">ASCE 24 {“Flood Resistant Design and Construction”}; and</para>
          <para num="(B)">ASCE 7 {“Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures”}, Chapter 5 {“Flood Loads”}.</para>
        </para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)">Where flood elevation data are used, the applicant must provide to the Planning Department:<para num="(i)">floodproofing elevations for all new construction and all substantial improvements to an existing structure; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">corresponding elevation certificates.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Projects overlapping subdistricts or elevations.">If a proposed structure or substantial improvement is sited in 2 different subdistricts or in a subdistrict with 2 different flood elevations, the most restrictive regulation or higher flood elevation prevails.</para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Classification of structures.">For the purpose of applying appropriate requirements, structures are classified according to ASCE 24, Table 1-1 {“Classification of Structures for flood Resistant Design and Construction”}.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 7, §5(intro)</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">2000, art. §3-1</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 88-188</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 11-516</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 14-208</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 21-020</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
