Sentences with phrase «enforcing local flood»
To date, 55 counties and 214 communities in West Virginia have voluntarily adopted and are enforcing local flood plain management ordinances that provide flood loss reduction building standards for new and existing development.
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Discounts of up to 45 % are available in communities where local officials enforce certain requirements that can reduce flood damage.
Participation in the NFIP is based on an agreement between local municipalities and the federal government, which states that if a community will adopt and enforce a floodplain management ordinance to reduce future flood risks to new construction in Special Flood Hazard Areas (SFHA), the federal government will make flood insurance available within the community as a financial protection against flood damage.
Summary: The federal government makes flood insurance available to home owners in areas in which the local government has adopted and enforces a floodplain management ordinance to reduce flood risks to new construction in flood hazard areas.