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The Miami-Dade Local Mitigation Strategy June 2011 Village of Key Biscayne - 7 Town of Surfside - 10 Note: All municipalities within Miami-Dade County participate in the National Flood Insur- ance Program (NFIP). However, the other sixteen municipalities within Miami-Dade County participate in the NFIP but not in the Community Rating System (CRS) and therefore are not entitled to the available discounts. Those municipalities are: Village of Biscayne Park, Town of Cutler Bay, Village of El Portal, City of Florida City, City of Hialeah Gardens, In- dian Creek Village, City of Islandia, Town of Medley, City of Miami Springs, City of North Bay Village, City ofOpa-locka, Village of Palmetto Bay, Village of Pine crest, City of Sweetwater, Village of Virginia Gardens and City of West Miami. Cutler Bay, Palmetto Bay and Pinecrest all have CRS applications pending. To maintain compliance with the NFIP, the municipalities of the Miami-Dade County will do the following: Accept, review and maintain elevation records for all new construction and substan- tial improvements in Special Flood Hazard Areas. 2 Require permits and review all new construction, including substantial improve- ments, for compliance with the minimum standards under the NFIP and local flood- plain management code. 3 Require that all development proposals greater than 50 lots or 5 acres, whichever is less, include in such proposals base flood elevation data. 4 Provide that all new construction and substantial improvements in V and VE zones are elevated on pilings and columns so that the bottom of the lowest horizontal struc- tural member of the lowest floor is elevated to at or above the Base Flood Elevation. 5 Require that all manufactured homes placed in Special Flood Hazard Areas be in- stalled using methods and practices that minimize flood damage, including proper elevation and anchoring to resist flotation, collapse or lateral movement. 43