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Model Floodplain Ordinance: Guidance and Draft Language for Campground Operations
Who it’s for: Local jurisdictions, floodplain administrators, and legal counsel responsible for floodplain regulations.
What it is: Draft ordinance language that jurisdictions can adapt to require Emergency Action Plans (EAPs) for camps, campgrounds, and RV parks operating in flood-prone areas. It addresses common gaps in existing floodplain ordinances — including missing definitions, permitting requirements, floodway restrictions, and minimum standards for what a compliant EAP must include.
How to use it: Review the model language with your jurisdiction’s legal counsel and floodplain administrator, and adapt it to fit your local ordinance structure and state law. This resource works hand-in-hand with the EAP guide: while the guide helps camp owners build a plan, this ordinance language helps ensure that having one isn’t optional.
This resource was developed by the Association of State Floodplain Managers.
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Level of Effort:
Model Floodplain Ordinance: Guidance and Draft Language for Campground Operations
Who it’s for: Local jurisdictions, floodplain administrators, and legal counsel responsible for floodplain regulations.
What it is: Draft ordinance language that jurisdictions can adapt to require Emergency Action Plans (EAPs) for camps, campgrounds, and RV parks operating in flood-prone areas. It addresses common gaps in existing floodplain ordinances — including missing definitions, permitting requirements, floodway restrictions, and minimum standards for what a compliant EAP must include.
How to use it: Review the model language with your jurisdiction’s legal counsel and floodplain administrator, and adapt it to fit your local ordinance structure and state law. This resource works hand-in-hand with the EAP guide: while the guide helps camp owners build a plan, this ordinance language helps ensure that having one isn’t optional.
This resource was developed by the Association of State Floodplain Managers.
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Resilience and Adaptation in New England (RAINE) Database
Explore a range of tools and guidance to support climate adaptation planning through EPA New England’s Resilience and Adaptation in New England (RAINE) initiative, which supports users in exploring climate resilience planning across the New England. These resources include more than 1,200 climate adaptation plans. Practitioners can use the Featured Locations Interactive Map to view climate action examples or explore additional climate visualization platforms through the Mapping Climate Change Impacts Tools page. The database also highlights Tribal Climate Adaptation Resources, featuring plans from federally recognized tribes in New England. Users can view recorded webinars and trainings for technical guidance.
Mapper
Level of Effort:
Resilience and Adaptation in New England (RAINE) Database
Explore a range of tools and guidance to support climate adaptation planning through EPA New England’s Resilience and Adaptation in New England (RAINE) initiative, which supports users in exploring climate resilience planning across the New England. These resources include more than 1,200 climate adaptation plans. Practitioners can use the Featured Locations Interactive Map to view climate action examples or explore additional climate visualization platforms through the Mapping Climate Change Impacts Tools page. The database also highlights Tribal Climate Adaptation Resources, featuring plans from federally recognized tribes in New England. Users can view recorded webinars and trainings for technical guidance.