A. Frequently flooded areas include those areas established as special flood hazard areas under AMC Chapter 19.74, Floodplain Management, including those areas of special flood hazard identified by the Federal Insurance Administration in a scientific and engineering report entitled “The Flood Insurance Study for the City of Anacortes” dated March 17, 2003, and any revisions thereto, with accompanying flood insurance rate maps (FIRM), and any revisions thereto. The best available information for flood hazard area identification as outlined in AMC Chapter 19.74, Floodplain Management, is the basis for regulation until a new FIRM is issued that incorporates the data utilized under AMC Chapter 19.74, Floodplain Management.

B. Tsunami hazard areas are designated as geologically hazardous areas per AMC 19.70.415 and are subject to applicable development regulations outlined in AMC 19.70.425 and 19.70.430.

C. Climate change and sea level rise are affecting many coastal communities and some within Puget Sound. Applicants are urged to become familiar with potential impacts of climate change and sea level rise if development is proposed near the marine shoreline or associated low-lying areas. (Ord. 3064 § 2 (Att. A), 2021)