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The term describes such legally enforceable regulations, in any combination thereof, which provide standards for the control of the use and occupancy of flood-prone areas.\n\t\t“Hundred year flood” means a flood of that level which on the average will have a one percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year at designated locations.\n\t\t“Locality” means a county, city, or town.\n\t\t“National flood insurance program” means the program established by the United States Congress under provisions of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended, and as expanded in the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, designed to provide flood insurance at rates made affordable through federal subsidy.\n\t\t“Nonfederal cost” means the flood protection project costs provided by sources other than the federal government.\n\t\t“Regular flood insurance program” means a program of insurance under the national flood insurance program, for which the Federal Insurance Administrator has issued a flood insurance rate map and applicable actuarial rates, and under which new construction will not be eligible for flood insurance except at the applicable actuarial rates.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":269112,"text":"As used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Emergency flood insurance program” or “emergency program” means the Emergency Program of the Federal Insurance Administration which provides subsidized flood insurance for potential flood victims, applicable to both new and existing structures, pending completion of applicable actuarial rates which is a prerequisite for eligibility to participate in the regular program.\n\t\t“Flood hazard area” means those areas susceptible to flooding.\n\t\t“Flood plain” or “flood-prone areas” means those areas adjoining a river, stream, water course, ocean, bay or lake which are likely to be covered by floodwaters.\n\t\t“Flood plain management regulations” means zoning ordinances, subdivision regulations, the building code, health regulations, special purpose ordinances such as flood plain ordinances, grading ordinances or erosion control ordinances, and other rules, regulations and ordinances which may affect flood plain uses. 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This law was first created in 1977. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 310 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1977 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1987, chapter 163; in 1988, chapter 891; in 1989, chapters 468 and 497.<\/p>","references":[{"id":83586,"section_number":"10.1-1402.02","catch_line":"Use, reuse, or reclamation of coal combustion by-product in a flood plain","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-1402.02\/"},{"id":83474,"section_number":"10.1-1408.1","catch_line":"Permit required; open dumps prohibited","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-1408.1\/"},{"id":67028,"section_number":"10.1-603","catch_line":"State agency compliance","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-603\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":144275,"object_type":"law","relational_id":74913,"identifier":"10.1-600","token":"10.1\/I\/6\/1\/10.1-600","url":"\/10.1-600\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-600\/","token":"10.1\/I\/6\/1\/10.1-600","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-600","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Emergency flood insurance program<\/span>” or “emergency program<\/span>” means the Emergency Program<\/span> of the Federal Insurance Administration which provides subsidized flood insurance for potential flood victims, applicable to both new and existing structures, pending completion of applicable actuarial rates which is a prerequisite for eligibility to participate in the regular program.\n\t\t“Flood hazard area<\/span>” means those areas susceptible to flooding.\n\t\t“Flood plain” or “flood-prone areas<\/span>” means those areas adjoining a river, stream, water course, ocean, bay or lake which are likely to be covered by floodwaters.\n\t\t“Flood plain management regulations<\/span>” means zoning ordinances<\/span>, subdivision regulations, the building code, health regulations, special purpose ordinances<\/span> such as flood plain ordinances<\/span>, grading ordinances<\/span> or erosion control ordinances<\/span>, and other rules, regulations and ordinances<\/span> which may affect flood plain uses. The term describes such legally enforceable regulations, in any combination thereof, which provide standards for the control of the use and occupancy of flood-prone areas<\/span>.\n\t\t“Hundred year flood<\/span>” means a flood of that level which on the average will have a one percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year at designated locations.\n\t\t“Locality<\/span>” means a county, city, or town.\n\t\t“National flood insurance program<\/span>” means the program established by the United States Congress under provisions of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended, and as expanded in the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, designed to provide flood insurance at rates made affordable through federal subsidy.\n\t\t“Nonfederal cost<\/span>” means the flood protection project costs provided by sources other than the federal government.\n\t\t“Regular flood insurance program<\/span>” means a program of insurance under the national flood insurance program<\/span>, for which the Federal Insurance Administrator has issued a flood insurance rate map and applicable actuarial rates, and under which new construction will not be eligible for flood insurance except at the applicable actuarial rates.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 10.1-600)\n\nAs used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Emergency flood insurance program” or “emergency\nprogram” means the Emergency Program of the Federal Insurance\nAdministration which provides subsidized flood insurance for potential flood\nvictims, applicable to both new and existing structures, pending completion of\napplicable actuarial rates which is a prerequisite for eligibility to\nparticipate in the regular program.\n\t\t“Flood hazard area” means those areas susceptible to flooding.\n\t\t“Flood plain” or “flood-prone areas” means those areas\nadjoining a river, stream, water course, ocean, bay or lake which are likely to\nbe covered by floodwaters.\n\t\t“Flood plain management regulations” means zoning ordinances,\nsubdivision regulations, the building code, health regulations, special purpose\nordinances such as flood plain ordinances, grading ordinances or erosion control\nordinances, and other rules, regulations and ordinances which may affect flood\nplain uses. The term describes such legally enforceable regulations, in any\ncombination thereof, which provide standards for the control of the use and\noccupancy of flood-prone areas.\n\t\t“Hundred year flood” means a flood of that level which on the\naverage will have a one percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given\nyear at designated locations.\n\t\t“Locality” means a county, city, or town.\n\t\t“National flood insurance program” means the program established\nby the United States Congress under provisions of the National Flood Insurance\nAct of 1968, as amended, and as expanded in the Flood Disaster Protection Act of\n1973, designed to provide flood insurance at rates made affordable through\nfederal subsidy.\n\t\t“Nonfederal cost” means the flood protection project costs\nprovided by sources other than the federal government.\n\t\t“Regular flood insurance program” means a program of insurance\nunder the national flood insurance program, for which the Federal Insurance\nAdministrator has issued a flood insurance rate map and applicable actuarial\nrates, and under which new construction will not be eligible for flood insurance\nexcept at the applicable actuarial rates.\n\nHISTORY: 1977, c. 310, \u00a7 62.1-44.110; 1987, c. 163; 1988, c. 891; 1989, cc.\n468, 497.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}