The District includes all special flood hazard areas within the Town of Easton
designated as Zone A, AE, AH, AO, A1-30, A99, on the Bristol 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 Bristol County FIRM that are wholly or
partially within the Town of Easton are panel numbers 25005C0033F, 25005C0034F, 25005C0041F,
25005C0042F, 25005C0043F, 25005C0044F, 25005C0052F, 25005C0053F, 25005C0054F,
25005C0061F, 25005C0062F, 25005C0063F, 25005C0064F, 25005C0068F, 25005C0132F,
25005C0151F, 25005C0152F and 25005C0156F dated July 7, 2009. The exact boundaries of the
District may be defined by the 100-year base flood elevations shown on the FIRM and further defined
by the Bristol County Flood Insurance Study (FIS) report dated July 7, 2009. The FIRM and FIS report
are incorporated herein by reference and are on file with the Planning and Zoning Board. 9.2.3 Overlay District. The Flood Plain District is established as an overlay district to all other
Districts and these overlain districts shall be subject to all requirements of the Flood Plain District. All
developments in the FPOD, including structural and non-structural activities, whether permitted by
right or by special permit must be in conformance with Article 227 Town of Easton By Law, Chapter
131, Section 40 of the Massachusetts General Laws and with the following:
* Section of the Massachusetts State Building Code which addresses flood plain
and coastal high hazard areas (currently 780 CMR 120.G “Flood Resistant
Construction and Construction in Coastal Dunes”);
* Wetlands Protection Regulations, Department of Environmental Protection
(DEP) (currently 310 CMR 10.00);
* Inland Wetlands Restriction, DEP (currently 310 CMR 13.00);
* Minimum Requirements for the Subsurface Disposal of Sanitary Sewage, DEP
(currently 310 CMR 15, Title 5);
9.2.4 Permitted Uses.