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Commission recommends adoption of FEMA flood maps for flood‑damage prevention amendment
Summary
Planning staff reported that FEMA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers produced updated maps with base flood elevations for Candies Creek and Mouse Creek tributaries; the commission voted to recommend the county adopt the flood‑damage prevention zoning amendment to incorporate the new maps.
Planning staff told the Bradley County Regional Planning Commission that FEMA, with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, has issued updated flood maps that include base flood elevations for local tributaries and that the county should treat adoption of the maps like a rezoning.
“FEMA, in conjunction with the Corps of Engineers, has developed new flood maps. Our…
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