44 CFR § 60.24 - Planning considerations for flood-related erosion-prone areas.

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title: "44 CFR § 60.24 - Planning considerations for flood-related erosion-prone areas."
title_number: 44
title_name: "Emergency Management and Assistance"
section_number: "60.24"
section_name: "Planning considerations for flood-related erosion-prone areas."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "INSURANCE AND HAZARD MITIGATION"
part_number: "60"
part_name: "CRITERIA FOR LAND MANAGEMENT AND USE"
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authority: "42 U.S.C. 4001  Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978, 43 FR 41943, 3 CFR, 1978 Comp., p. 329; E.O. 12127 of Mar. 31, 1979, 44 FR 19367, 3 CFR, 1979 Comp., p. 376."
regulatory_source: "41 FR 46975, Oct. 26, 1976, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 44 FR 31177, May 31, 1979."
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# 60.24 Planning considerations for flood-related erosion-prone areas.

The planning process for communities identified under part 65 of this subchapter as containing Zone E or which indicate in their applications for flood insurance coverage pursuant to § 59.22 of this subchapter that they have flood-related erosion areas should include—

(a) The importance of directing future developments to areas not exposed to flood-related erosion;

(b) The possibility of reserving flood-related erosion-prone areas for open space purposes;

(c) The coordination of all planning for the flood-related erosion-prone areas with planning at the State and Regional levels, and with planning at the level of neighboring communities;

(d) Preventive action in E zones, including setbacks, shore protection works, relocating structures in the path of flood-related erosion, and community acquisition of flood-related erosion-prone properties for public purposes;

(e) Consistency of plans for flood-related erosion-prone areas with comprehensive plans at the state, regional and local levels.