---
kind: "section"
citation: "44 C.F.R. § 60.24"
title: "44"
number: "60.24"
heading: "Planning considerations for flood-related erosion-prone areas."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/44/60.24"
---

# §60.24. Planning considerations for flood-related erosion-prone areas.


The planning process for communities identified under [part 65](/cfr/44/part65.md) of this subchapter as containing Zone E or which indicate in their applications for flood insurance coverage pursuant to [§ 59.22](/cfr/44/59.22.md) of this subchapter that they have flood-related erosion areas should include—

- (a) The importance of directing future developments to areas not exposed to flood-related erosion;
- (b) The possibility of reserving flood-related erosion-prone areas for open space purposes;
- (c) The coordination of all planning for the flood-related erosion-prone areas with planning at the State and Regional levels, and with planning at the level of neighboring communities;
- (d) Preventive action in E zones, including setbacks, shore protection works, relocating structures in the path of flood-related erosion, and community acquisition of flood-related erosion-prone properties for public purposes;
- (e) Consistency of plans for flood-related erosion-prone areas with comprehensive plans at the state, regional and local levels.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.; Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978, 43 FR 41943, 3 CFR, 1978 Comp., p. 329; E.O. 12127 of Mar. 31, 1979, 44 FR 19367, 3 CFR, 1979 Comp., p. 376.

### Source

Source: 41 FR 46975, Oct. 26, 1976, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 44 FR 31177, May 31, 1979.