The areas of special flood hazard identified by the Federal Insurance Administration in a scientific and engineering report entitled, “The Flood Insurance Study for Pierce County, and Incorporated Areas,” dated March 7, 2017, and any revisions thereto, with an accompanying flood insurance rate map (FIRM), are hereby adopted by reference and declared to be a part of this chapter. The flood insurance study, its revisions and the FIRM are on file at South Prairie Town Hall, 121 NW Washington Street, South Prairie, WA 98385.

The best available information for flood hazard area identification as outlined in SPMC 15.16.170 shall be the basis for regulation until a new FIRM is issued which incorporates the data utilized under SPMC 15.16.170. Any flood information that is more restrictive or detailed than the FEMA data can be used for flood loss reduction and/or fisheries habitat management purposes, including data on channel migration, more restrictive floodways, maps showing future build-out conditions, specific maps from watershed or related studies that show riparian habitat areas, or similar maps. [Ord. 556 § 2, 2017.]