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Pete Hoffmann, Chair and <br /> Members of the Hawaii County Council <br /> October 29, 2007 <br /> <br /> Page 11 <br /> and substantial improvements within areas of special flood <br /> hazards and buffer zones shall be submitted to the director <br /> of public works and shall be maintained as a matter of <br /> public record... . <br /> Page 17 27-18 Standards for construction within areas of special flood <br /> hazazds and buffer zones aze established as follows:.. . <br /> Page 17 27-18(b)(3) (3) New construction, improvements to repetitive loss <br /> structures, and substantial improvement shall be <br /> designed and constructed with electrical, heating, <br /> ventilation, plumbing, air-conditioning equipment, <br /> and other service facilities including, but not limited <br /> to, furnaces, heat pumps, [het] water heaters, <br /> washers, dryers, elevator lift equipment, electrical <br /> junction boxes, circuit breaker boxes, and food <br /> freezers [thRE-are] located above the base flood <br /> elevation plus anv required freeboard. <br /> Page 18 27-18(c) [EiNing] Encroachments... . <br /> <br /> Page 18 27-18(c)(3) (3) Within all zones of special flood hazards, but not <br /> including [~eee-A-F-aed] floodways, filling which <br /> would result in the blockage or impediment of flow <br /> and/or induce or aggravate flooding shall be <br /> prohibited unless certified by a professional civil <br /> engineer [registered] licensed in the State of Hawaii, <br /> with supporting data, that the encroachment will not <br /> cause any increase in base flood elevations during the <br /> occurrence of the base flood discharge. <br /> Page 18 27-18(c)(4)(A) (A) Is floodproofed so that below the base flood <br /> elevation plus anv required freeboard the structure <br /> is watertight with walls substantially impermeable to <br /> the passage of water, and <br /> <br /> Page 18 27-18(c)(5) [f4j] ~ In Zones V and VE, filling [and-the-itsee€ <br /> haildings] shall be prohibited. <br /> <br /> Page 18 27-18(d)(1)(A)-(B) (A) For residential new construction, improvements to <br /> repetitive loss structures, and substantial <br /> improvements[e], [the] the lowest floor shall be <br /> elevated to or above the base flood elevation lp us a <br /> freeboard of at least one foot. <br /> <br />