Floodplain Manager's Notebook Series
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Floodplain Manager’s Notebook January 2008Date: January 2008
Author: Quinn, Rebecca
Publisher: Association of State Floodplain Managers
Summary: Wondering why some states have many more Preferred Risk Policies than other states. Reporting on an NFIP evaluation report that demonstrates buildings are being elevated, but enclosure requirements aren't getting enough attention. Reader feedback on flood openings when flood depth is "shallow."
Keywords: Flood insurance, Preferred Risk Policies, Enclosure, Flood opening
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Floodplain Manager’s Notebook January 2016Date: January 2016
Author: Quinn, Rebecca
Publisher: Association of State Floodplain Managers
Summary: Crawlspaces aren't "used" for parking, storage, or building access -- how are they enclosures? A brief history of the NFIP requirements for openings and a look at the term "habitable" and why we shouldn't use it.
Keywords: National Flood Insurance Program, Enclosure, Crawlspace, Flood opening, Habitable, Building laws
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Floodplain Manager’s Notebook July 2020Date: July 2020
Author: Quinn, Rebecca
Publisher: Association of State Floodplain Managers
Summary: Summarizing requirements for swimming pools, equipment serving pools, and pool enclosures that are located in Special Flood Hazard Areas.
Keywords: Swimming pools, Swimming pools
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Floodplain Manager’s Notebook March 2021Date: March 2021
Author: Quinn, Rebecca
Publisher: Association of State Floodplain Managers
Summary: Elevation Certificates and wet floodproofed accessory structures and agricultural structures. Detached garages, attached garages, and enclosures: sorting out the differences and requiring flood openings The Market Value Supplement explains how using Actual Cash Value reduces valuation bias and inequity that may creep into other methods used to determine market value.
Keywords: Wet Floodproofing, Accessory structures, Agricultural structure, Flood opening, Detached garage, Attached garage, Enclosures, Actual cash value
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Floodplain Manager’s Notebook May 2009Date: May 2009
Author: Quinn, Rebecca
Publisher: Association of State Floodplain Managers
Summary: Highlighting a finding in NFIP Evaluation reports issued between 2001 and 2006 that while most independently surveyed post-FIRM buildings were adequately elevated, many had noncompliant enclosures and inadequately elevated equipment.
Keywords: Building laws, Enclosures, Noncompliance, Flood insurance
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Floodplain Manager’s Notebook November 2007Date: November 2007
Author: Quinn, Rebecca
Publisher: Association of State Floodplain Managers
Summary: Why flood openings must be above the higher of interior or exterior grade.
Keywords: Flood insurance, Flood opening, Flood vent, Building laws, Michigan
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Floodplain Manager’s Notebook November 2008Date: November 2008
Author: Quinn, Rebecca
Publisher: Association of State Floodplain Managers
Summary: Answering questions about flood openings if it's difficult to meet the requirements when elevated buildings are set into sloping sites.
Keywords: Building laws, Sloping sites, Enclosures, Flood openings, Floodplain management
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Floodplain Manager’s Notebook September 2017Date: September 2017
Author: Quinn, Rebecca
Publisher: Association of State Floodplain Managers
Summary: Grab bag: limiting what's stored in enclosures; limiting enclosure size; "open" versus "closed" foundations. What's the real objective of the Community Rating System?
Keywords: Building laws, Substantial improvement, Community Rating System, Enclosures, Storage, Open foundation, Closed foundation, National Flood Insurance Program
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Floodplain Manager’s Notebook September 2018Date: September 2018
Author: Quinn, Rebecca
Publisher: Association of State Floodplain Managers
Summary: Advice on how communities should handle requests to convert garages or enclosures below elevated buildings to create affordable housing, costs of wind, seismic or energy retrofits, and when topographic maps show a site is above or below the BFE.
Keywords: Improvements, Garages, Retrofitting, Topography
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