CHAPTER 214: ZONING CODE F-1 FLOODPLAIN DISTRICTS § 214.170 Purpose § 214.171 Applied Standards § 214.170 PURPOSE. The purpose of this subchapter is to establish a district to meet the needs of water ways in the Town to carry the abnormal flow of water at times of flood; to prevent encroachments into the district which might increase flood height, decrease the capacity for flood water storage and consequently, increase the potential for loss of life and damage to property in the areas of greatest flood hazard. The flood plain districts are those as identified by the Federal Insurance Administration in a scientific and engineering report entitled "The Flood Insurance Study for the Town of Highland" dated December 1979, with the accompanying Flood Insurance Rate Maps and Flood Boundary-Floodway Maps along with any subsequent revisions to the text or maps are hereby adopted by reference and declared to be a part of this chapter. The Flood Insurance Study is on file in the Office of the Clerk Treasurer. (Reference Highland Municipal Code (HMC) Chapter 211, Flood Damage Control). § 214.171 APPLIED STANDARDS. (A) In a F-1 Flood Plain District (HMC) Highland Municipal Code Chapter 211 Flood Damage Control Shall Apply.