Final version of joint study on flood elevations and building height requirements pursuant to 2015 N.C. sess. law 286

FINAL VERSION OF JOINT STUDY ON FLOOD ELEVATIONS AND BUILDING HEIGHT REQUIREMENTS PURSUANT TO 2015 N.C, SESS. LAW 286 Presented by: Dan II. Tingen Chairman of the North Carolina Building Code Council Rick McIntyre North Carolina Senior Deputy Commissioner oflnsurance and North Carolina Assistant State Fire Marshal John Dorman Assistant State Emergency Management Director for Risk Management North Carolina Emergency Management - Risk Management North Carolina Department of Public Safety The North Carolina Building Code Council, the North Carolina Department of Insurance and North Carolina Emergency Management - Risk Management, North Carolina Department of Public Safety (“BCC,” “NCDOI” and “NCDPS,” respectively, and, together, the “Parlies”) submit this final version of the joint study (“Study”) they have conducted pursuant to 2015 N.C. Sess. Law 286 regarding how flood elevations and coastal building height requirements affect flood insurance rates and how coastal building-height calculation methods might be made more consistent and uniform in order to provide flood insurance rate relief. The Parties submitted the initial results of the Study on March 1, 2016. This final version of the Study includes, amends and supplements those initial results. For ease of review, readers of the Study may wish to refer entirely to this final version. The BCC and the NCDOI, with the input of the NCDPS, have solicited input for the Study from a range of the stakeholders specified in 2015 N.C. Sess. Law 286. The written input from stakeholders is attached to this final version of the Study. Additionally, some stakeholders presented oral comments to the BCC and representatives of the NCDOI at the BCC’s March 1 5, 2016 quarterly meeting in Raleigh, North Carolina. 1