The Floodplain District is herein established as an overlay
district. The underlying permitted uses are allowed provided that
they meet the following additional requirements as well as those of
the Massachusetts State Building Code dealing with construction in
floodplains. The Floodplain District includes all special flood hazard
areas designated as Zones A and AE on the Middlesex County Flood Insurance
Rate Map (FIRM) issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) for the administration of the National Flood Insurance Program.
The map panels of the Middlesex County FIRM that are wholly or partially
within the City of Melrose are panel numbers 25017C0427E, 25017C0429E,
25017C0431E, 25017C0433E and 25017C0434E dated June 4, 2010. The exact
boundaries of the district may be defined by the one-hundred-year
base flood elevations shown on the FIRM and further defined by the
Middlesex County Flood Insurance Study (FIS) report dated June 4,
2010. The FIRM and FIS report are incorporated herein by reference
and are on file with the City Clerk, Building Commissioner, Planning
Board, Public Works Engineering Division and Board of Health.
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