{"data":{"id":"us-ca/gov-65300.2","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"GOV § 65300.2","heading":"","body":"(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.\n(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.","path":["Government Code - GOV","TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000. - 66499.58.]","DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000. - 66345.4.]","CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100. - 65763.]","ARTICLE 5. Authority for and Scope of General Plans [65300. - 65303.4.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"96ae7c0e63261da6dd917ca0635855954aae0cdfff74fd17dc63b85a1a23c07f","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/gov-65300","next":"us-ca/gov-65300.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}