California Law (Last Updated: March 4, 2014) |
Government Code - GOV |
Title 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE |
Division 1. PLANNING AND ZONING |
Chapter 3. Local Planning |
ARTICLE 5. Authority for and Scope of General Plans |
Section 65300.2.
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(a) For the purposes of this article, a "200-year flood plain" is an area that has a 1 in 200 chance of flooding in any given year, based on hydrological modeling and other engineering criteria accepted by the Department of Water Resources.
(b) For the purposes of this article, a "levee protection zone" is an area that is protected, as determined by the Central Valley Flood Protection Board or the Department of Water Resources, by a levee that is part of the facilities of the State Plan of Flood Control, as defined under Section 5096.805 of the Public Resources Code.
(Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 369, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2008.)