§ 21.08. Basis for Establishing Regulatory Flood Data  


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  • (a)

    This article's protection standard is the regulatory flood. The regulatory flood elevation, floodway, and fringe limits for each of the unstudied SFHAs of the county and cities delineated as an "A Zone" on the FIRM of La Porte County and the cities of La Porte, and Michigan City shall be according to the best data available, as provided by the IDNR and confirmed by engineering hydrologic/hydraulic study.

    (b)

    Whenever a party disagrees with the best available data, the party submitting the detailed engineering study needs to replace existing data with more detailed data and submit it to the IDNR for review and approval.