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• ARTICLE 3 PROVISIONS FOR FLOOD HAZARD REDUCTION <br /> SECTION A. GENERAL STANDARDS <br /> The following standards apply to all developments in Special Flood Hazard Areas, regardless of <br /> the type of proposed development or the Risk Zone of the proposed site. <br /> 1. All new construction or substantial improvements shall be designed (or modified) <br /> and adequately anchored to prevent flotation, collapse or lateral movement of the <br /> structure resulting form hydrodynamic and hydrostatic loads, including the effects of <br /> buoyancy; <br /> 2. All new construction or substantial improvements shall be constructed by methods <br /> and practices that minimize flood damage; <br /> 3. All new construction or substantial improvements shall be constructed with <br /> materials resistant to flood damage; <br /> 4. All critical facilities constructed or substantially improved in Special Flood Hazard <br /> • Areas (SFHA) must be constructed or modified to exceed 500-year flood protection <br /> standards or located outside the SFHA. <br /> 5. The placement or construction of all new structures must be in full compliance <br /> with the provisions of this Code <br /> 6. For the purposes of this Code, all mixed-use structures are subject to the more <br /> stringent requirements of residential structures. <br /> 7. A substantial improvement or substantial damage to an existing structure triggers a <br /> requirement to bring the entire structure into full compliance with the provisions of <br /> this Code. The existing structure, as well as any reconstruction, rehabilitation, addition, <br /> or other improvement, must meet the standards of new construction in this Code. <br /> 8. Any improvement to an existing structure that is less than a substantial <br /> improvement requires the improvement, but not the existing structure, to be in <br /> full compliance with the provisions of this Code. <br /> • <br /> 17 <br />