1 rule for unincorporated Kauai County, Hawaii.
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Kauai County is a participating NFIP community administered by the Department of Public Works Engineering Division under Kauai County Code Chapter 15, Article 1 (Floodplain Management Ordinance, originally Ordinance 831). The current effective Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) and Flood Insurance Study took effect February 26, 2021. Development in mapped FEMA Special Flood Hazard Areas including the Hanalei, Wainiha, and Haena watersheds devastated by record 49.69-inch April 2018 rainfall requires a Flood Development Permit. Hawaii Revised Statutes Chapter 205A Coastal Zone Management overlays Special Management Area review by the Kauai Planning Commission, and Ordinance 1118 (Bill 2879), signed October 14, 2022, established a first-in-the-nation Sea Level Rise Constraint District requiring new construction to be elevated 2 feet above projected sea level rise flood elevations.
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