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<br />Basic Resources on NFIP Regulations
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<br />Association of State Floodplain
<br />Managets, Inc. (ASFPM). Using
<br />Multi-Objective Managnnmt to
<br />Reduce Fwod Losus in Your
<br />Watershed. Prepared for the
<br />U.S. Environmental Protection
<br />Agency. Madison, Wis.:
<br />ASFPM,1996.
<br />Federal Emergency Management
<br />Agency (FEMA). Answm to
<br />Questions About the National
<br />Fwod Insuranu Program.
<br />Washington, D.C.: FEMA,
<br />March 1992.
<br />-. Design Guidelines for Fwod
<br />Damage Reduction.
<br />Washington, D.C.: FEMA,
<br />December 1981.
<br />Federal Interagency Floodplain
<br />Management Task Force
<br />(FIFMTF).Protecring
<br />Fwodplain Resources: A
<br />Guidebookfor Communities.
<br />Washington, D.C.: FIFMTF,
<br />June 1996.
<br />
<br />-. A Unified National Program
<br />for Fwodplain Management 1994.
<br />Washington, D.C.: FIFMTF.
<br />Interagency Floodplain Management
<br />Review Committee. Sharing the
<br />Cha//mge: Fwodp/ain Managnnmt
<br />into the 21st Cmtury. Report to the
<br />Administration Floodplain
<br />Management Task Force.
<br />Washington, D.C., June 1994.
<br />National Fwod Insuranu Program
<br />(Revised through September 23.
<br />1994). Washington. D.C.:
<br />FEMA, January 1995.
<br />Natutal Hazards Research and
<br />Applications Information Center.
<br />Floodplain Managnnmt in the
<br />United States: An Assessment
<br />Report. Volumes 1 and 2.
<br />Prepared for FIFMTF.
<br />Wright, James L., and Jacquelyn
<br />Monday. Addressing Your
<br />Community's Fwod Problems: A
<br />Guide for Elected Officials 1 {J96.
<br />Madison, Wis.: ASFPM.
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<br />issues such as emergency access when reviewing the alignment
<br />and placement of infrastructure, including roads and power lines,
<br />both in terms of the uses they encourage within the floodplain
<br />and the evacuation they may facilitate during a disaster.
<br />The answers to those questions will be as varied as the local
<br />topographies invo:ved, but they all speak to a single truth that
<br />must guide floodplain regulations: Every floodplain is different,
<br />different communities have different development scenarios to
<br />. consider, and customizing the solutions to maximize public
<br />health and safety requires dedicated planning.
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<br />Massaging
<br />the Regulations
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<br />Massage parlors have been at the center of a recent controversy
<br />in DuPage County, Illinois, over whether several such
<br />businesses should be allowed to remain at their current
<br />locations. The concern focuses on whether these massage parlors
<br />are in reality adult businesses or places of prostitution.
<br />DuPage County currently has 10 massage parlors in its
<br />unincorporated area. The problems began when community .
<br />residents complained that the massage parlors might be offering
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<br />illegal sexual activiry as well as massages. The owner of two of the
<br />parlors acknowledges that his masseuses go topless or are scantily
<br />dressed, but he claims that they perform no illegal sexual acts.
<br />Several massage parlors are located in strip malls that cater to
<br />local family shopping. Counry officials red-tagged those they
<br />believed to be fronts for adult uses, including topless massages.
<br />DuPage County allows adult uses in its zoning ordinance, but
<br />those businesses whose primary use is considered adult
<br />entertainment are restricted to the 1-1 and 1-2 industrial districts
<br />as conditional uses. Other commercial and professional
<br />businesses, such as those offering therapeutic massages, are
<br />allowed in B-1 and B-2 commercial districts. The problem is
<br />one many communities have confronted previously, how to
<br />distinguish therapeutic from erotic massage.
<br />Many ordinances tend to be vague in defining adult massage
<br />parlors or classify those that are independent businesses as adult
<br />uses. DuPage Counry follows the pattern of most municipal
<br />ordinances by allowing and classifying as legitimare therapeutic
<br />massage businesses those associated with medical clinics, full-
<br />service beauty salons, health spas, and hotels. But it does not
<br />clearly define legitimate massage businesses, nor does it apply
<br />the standards that the American Massage Therapy Association
<br />(AMT A) has set for professional masseurs and masseuses.
<br />AMT A requires members to complete a minimum of 500 hours
<br />of classroom training. Depending on the local law and the
<br />business, members operating in a legitimate business would
<br />most likely be required to have graduated from an AMT A-
<br />accredited school and be licensed.
<br />To eliminate future gray areas, county officials have proposed
<br />an ordinance to restrict hours of operation, require fingerprinting
<br />of massage practitioners, and require business owners to be
<br />licensed. Because Illinois does not require massage therapists to
<br />be licensed, officials have been discussing how a license would be
<br />granted. Licensing will provide the advantage of stating clearly
<br />what is prohibited or permitted and will expedite the process of
<br />forcing compliance in the case of violations.
<br />For example, those massage parlors currently operating in the
<br />B-1 and B-2 districts will be forced to obtain a license within a
<br />60-day period, after which the sheriff can close unlicensed
<br />businesses immediately. In the future, they will have to obtain a
<br />license to receive a certificate of occupancy. Initial action on the
<br />proposal was expected in late September. Chris Burke
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<br />California's Future:
<br />Maintaining Viable Agriculture
<br />at the Urban Edge
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<br />Ray Coppock, Marcia Kreith, eds. Agricultural Issues Center,
<br />University of California, Davis, CA 95616. 84 pp. April 1997. $15.
<br />Land-use issues at the urban edge just won't fade away,
<br />perhaps because our development patterns continue to create
<br />and encourage new residential intrusions into former open
<br />space. The UC Agricultural Issues Center sponsored a day-long
<br />conference in Sacramento on December 4, 1996, from which
<br />these summarized proceedings are drawn. The material explores,
<br />among other things, planning and design approaches for helping
<br />agriculture survive at the ciry's edge, with contributions from a
<br />number of California experts.
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