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U.S.Department of Homeland Security <br /> FEMA Region 1X <br /> I I I I Broadway,Suite 1200 <br /> Oakland,CA.94607-405' <br /> torp +F <br /> y. t <br /> FEMA <br /> October 11, 2013 <br /> Mo Hatef <br /> San Joaquin County, Community Development Department <br /> Development Services Division <br /> 1810 E. Hazelton Avenue <br /> Stockton, California 95205 <br /> Dear Mr. Hatef: <br /> This is in response to your request for comments regarding Application Referral Application <br /> Number PA 1300159 (UP) dated October 4, 2013, APN/Address: 055-140-12, 055-150-07, <br /> 13950 N. Thornton Road, Lodi, California. <br /> Please review the current effective countywide Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMS) for the <br /> County of San Joaquin (Community Number 060299) and City of Lodi (Community Number <br /> 060300), Maps revised October 16, 2009. Please note that the City of Lodi, San Joaquin County, <br /> California is a participant in the National Flood Insurance Program(NFIP). The minimum, basic <br /> NFIP floodplain management building requirements are described in Vol. 44 Code of Federal <br /> Regulations (44 CFR), Sections 59 Through 65. <br /> A summary of these NFIP floodplain management building requirements are as follows: <br /> • All buildings constructed within a riverine floodplain, (i.e., Flood Zones A, AO, AH, AE, <br /> and Al through A30 as delineated on the FIRM), must be elevated so that the lowest <br /> floor is at or above the Base Flood Elevation level in accordance with the effective Flood <br /> Insurance Rate Map. <br /> • If the area of construction is located within a Regulatory Floodway as delineated on the <br /> FIRM, any development must not increase base flood elevation levels. The term <br /> development means any man-made change to improved or unimproved real estate, <br /> including but not limited to buildings, other structures,mining,dredging, filling, <br /> grading, paving, excavation or drilling operations,and storage of equipment or <br /> materials. A hydrologic and hydraulic analysis must be performed pri_to the start of <br /> development, and must demonstrate that the development would not cause any rise in <br /> base flood levels. No rise is permitted within regulatory floodways. <br /> Ww .feme.gov <br />