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within these components during times of flooding. b. Specific standards for above-grade, enclosed areas. Above-grade, fully enclosed areas such as crawl spaces or tuck-under garages must be designed to internally flood and the design plans must stipulate: i) The minimum area of "automatic' openings in the walls where internal flooding is to be used as a flood-proofing technique. There shall be a minimum of two openings on at least two sides of the structure and the bottom of all openings shall be no higher than one-foot above grade. The automatic onenings shall have a minimum net area of not less than one square inch for every square foot of enclosed area subject to flooding unless a registered professional engineer or architect certifies that a smaller net area would suffice W ea ope;,a�Y,n`eEl iiiQ pr-esstwes' the-bettem of all above gFade. The automatic Aopenings may bequipped ye q pped with screens, louvers, valves, or other coverings or devices provided that they permit the automatic entry and exit of flood waters without any form of human intervention; and. ii) That the enclosed area will be designed of flood resistant materials in accordance with the FP-3 or FP-4 classifications in the State Building Code and shall be used solely for building access, parking of vehicles or storage. B. Basements, as defined by Section 10-020 (8) B of this Chapter shall be subject to the following: 1. Residential basement construction shall not be allowed below the Regulatory Flood Protection Elevation. 2. Non-residential basements may be allowed below the Regulatory Flood Protection Elevation provided the basement is structurally dry flood-proofed in accordance with Section 10-050 (4) C of this Chapter. C. All areas of non-residential structures including basements to be placed below the Regulatory Flood Protection Elevation shall be flood-proofed in accordance with the structurally dry flood- proofing classifications in the State Building Code. Structurally dry flood-proofing must meet the FP-1 or FP-2 flood-proofing classification in the State Building code and this shall require making the structure watertight with the walls substantially impermeable to the passage of water and with structural components having the capability of resisting hydrostatic and hydrodynamic loads and the effects of buoyancy. Structures flood-proofed to the FP-3 and FP-4 classification shall not be permitted. D. When at any one time more than 1,000 cubic yards of fill or other similar materials is located on a parcel for such activities as on-site storage, landscaping, sand and gravel operations, landfills, roads, dredge spoil disposal or construction of flood control works, an erosion/sedimentation control plan must be submitted unless the community is enforcing a State approved shoreland management ordinance. In the absence of a State approved shoreland ordinance, the plan must clearly specify methods to be used to stabilize the fill on site for a flood event at a minimum of the 100 year or regional flood event. The professional plan must be prepared and certified by a registered professional engineer or other qualified individual (Underline reflects new language, Strikethreugh reflects deleted language)