§ 9-21. Determination of flood hazards.

(a)

(1)

The areas of special flood hazard identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the current scientific and engineering report entitled, "The Flood Insurance Study (FIS) for Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana-Unincorporated Areas, dated September 30, 1993, with accompanying Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM) dated September 30, 1993, and any revisions thereto are hereby adopted by reference and declared to be part of this article and where applicable, superseded by the Louisiana Hurricane Katrina Surge Inundation and Advisory Base Flood Elevation Map for Plaquemines Parish, dated June 2006.

(2)

For all areas on the Westbank north of the floodgate in Jesuit Bend, superseded by the "The Revised Preliminary Flood Insurance Study (FIS) for Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana (All Jurisdictions)," dated November 9, 2012, with accompanying Revised Preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM) dated November 9, 2012, and any revisions thereto are hereby adopted by reference and declared to be a part of this ordinance. Where applicable, superseded by the Revised Preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) Panel 22075C1375D dated October 30, 2008, and any revisions thereto are hereby adopted by reference and declared to be a part of this article.

(b)

Determination of flood boundaries and elevations necessary to carry out the provisions of this article shall be based on the information provided by the above described studies and accompanying maps and charts.

(Ord. No. 08-211, § 1.6, 9-25-08; Ord. No. 17-98, § 1, 8-10-17; Ord. No. 17-98, § 1, 8-10-17)