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U.S.Department of Homeland Security FEMA Region IX 1111 Broadway,Suite 1200 Oakland,CA.94607-4052 oF�"=FaT Y i1 FEMA o�f��ND SE�o- November 19, 2019 Stephanie Stowers,Project Manager San Joaquin County Community Development Department 1810 East Hazelton Avenue Stockton, California 95205 Dear Ms. Stowers: This is in response to your request for comments regarding Application Referral Early Consultation Application Number PA 1900223 (VR),Variance application(A-PN/Address: 155- 050-04/1601 East Hazelton Avenue, Stockton) (Supervisorial District 1). Please review the current effective Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMS)for the County of San Joaquin(Community Number 060299),Maps revised October 20,2016 and City of Stockton (Community Number 060302),Maps revised October 16,2009. Please note that the City of Stockton, San Joaquin County, California is a participant in the National Flood Insurance Program(NFIP). The minimum,basic NFIP floodplain management building requirements are described in Vol.44 Code of Federal Regulations(44 CFR), Sections 59 through 65. This request for a variance from sidewalk setback is only relevant for floodplain management purposes if the area of interest is within the high-risk Special Flood Hazard Area. If it is not withing the SFHA,then there are no floodplain management building requirements. A summary of these NFIP floodplain management building requirements are as follows: • . All buildings constructed within a riverine floodplain, (i.e.,Flood Zones A,AO,AH,AE, and Al through A30 as delineated on the FIRM), must be elevated so that the lowest floor is at or above the Base Flood Elevation level in accordance with the effective Flood Insurance Rate Map. • If the area of construction is located within a Regulatory Floodway as delineated on the FIRM, any development must not increase base flood elevation levels. The term development means any man-made change to improved or unimproved real estate, including but not limited to buildings,other structures, mining,dredging, filling, grading, paving,excavation or drilling operations,and storage of equipment or materials. A hydrologic and hydraulic analysis must be performed RLjQr to the start of development, and must demonstrate that the development would not cause any wris,we in base flood levels. No rise is permitted within regulatory floodways.