Ordinances-2002-256

CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED February 20, 2002 The Honorable Glenn Potter Mayor, City of Tiffin P.O. Box 196 Tiffin, IA 52340 IN REPLY REFER TO: 115-I Community: City of Tiffin, IA Community No.: 190173 Map Panels Affected: 19103C0060 D, 0066 D, and 0070 D Dear Mayor Potter: On October 3, 2001 you were notified of proposed modified flood elevation determinations affecting the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) and Flood Insurance Study (FIS) report for the City of Tiffin, Johnson County, Iowa. The statutory 90-day appeal period that was initiated on October 18, 2001, when the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) published a notice of proposed Base Flood Elevations (BFEs) for your community in the Iowa City Press Citizen, has elapsed. FEMA received no valid requests for changes in the BFEs. Therefore, the determination of the Agency as to the BFEs for your community is considered final. The final BFEs will be published in the Federal Register as soon as possible. The modified BFEs and revised map panels, as referenced above, are effective as of August 20, 2002, and revise the FIRM that was in effect prior to that date. For insurance rating purposes, the community number and new suffix code for the panels being revised are indicated above and on the maps and must be used for all new policies and renewals. The FIRM and FIS report for your community have been prepared in our countywide format, which means that flood hazard information for all jurisdictions within Johnson County has been combined into one FIRM and FIS report. When the FIRM and FIS report are printed and distributed, your community will receive only those panels that present flood hazard information for your community. We will provide complete sets of the FIRM panels to county officials, where they will be available for review by your community. The modifications are pursuant to Section 206 of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 (Public Law 93-234) and are in accordance with the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended (Title XIII of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, Public Law 90-448), 42 U.S.C. 4001-4128, and 44 CFR Part 65. Because of the modifications to the FIRM and FIS report for your community made by this map revision, certain additional requirements must be met under Section 1361 of the 1968 Act, as amended, within 6 months from the date of this letter. Prior to August 20, 2002, your community is required, as a condition of continued eligibility in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), to adopt or show evidence of adoption of floodplain management regulations that meet the standards of Paragraph 60.3(d) of the NFIP regulations. These standards are the minimum requirements and do not supersede any State or local requirements of a more stringent nature.