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hazard areas; (7) Minimize the need for future expenditure of public funds for flood control projects and response to and recovery from flood events; and (8) Meet the requirements of the National Flood Insurance Program for community participation as set forth in Title 44 Code of Federal Regulations, §59.22. D. Coordination with the Florida Building Code. This ordinance is intended to be administered and enforced in conjunction with the Florida Building Code. Where cited, ASCE 24 refers to the edition of the standard that is referenced by the Florida Building Code. E. Warning. The degree of flood protection required by this ordinance and the Florida Building Code,as amended by this community,is considered the minimum reasonable for regulatory purposes and is based on scientific and engineering considerations. Larger floods can and will occur. Flood heights may be increased by man-made or natural causes. This ordinance does not imply that land outside of mapped special flood hazard areas, or that uses permitted within such flood hazard areas, will be free from flooding or flood damage. The flood hazard areas and base flood elevations contained in the Flood Insurance Study and shown on Flood Insurance Rate Maps and the requirements of Title 44 Code of Federal Regulations, § 59 and 60 may be revised by the Federal Emergency Management Agency,requiring this community to revise these regulations to remain eligible for participation in the National Flood Insurance Program. No guaranty of vested use, existing use, or future use is implied or expressed by compliance with this ordinance. F. Disclaimer of Liability. This ordinance shall not create liability on the part of City Commission of Sunny Isles Beach or by any officer or employee thereof for any flood damage that results from reliance on this ordinance or any administrative decision lawfully made thereunder. 161.2 Applicability A. General. Where there is a conflict between a general requirement and a specific requirement, the specific requirement shall be applicable. B. Areas to which this ordinance applies. This ordinance shall apply to all flood hazard areas within the Sunny Isles Beach, as established in Lc1]161.2 C of this ordinance. C. Basis for establishing flood hazard areas. The Flood Insurance Study for Miami-Dade County, Florida and Incorporated Areas dated September 11, 2009, and all subsequent amendments and revisions, and the accompanying Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM), and all subsequent amendments and revisions to such maps, are adopted by reference as a part Of this ordinance and shall serve as the minimum basis for establishing flood hazard areas. Studies and maps that establish flood hazard areas are on file at the City of Sunny Isles Beach Building Department, 18070 Collins Ave, 3`a Floor; Sunny Isles Beach FL 33160. D. Submission of additional data to establish flood hazard areas. To establish flood hazard areas and base flood elevations, pursuant to 161.5 of this ordinance the Floodplain Administrator may require submission of additional data. Where field surveyed topography prepared by a Florida FINAL Model FPM Ordinance: Zones A&V(April 3, 2017) 3