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Commission denies floodplain variance requests for two infill homes after FEMA/CRS concerns
Summary
Commissioners denied variance requests from an owner who had built two homes at lower elevations than required; staff and auditors warned that approving the variances could place the citys Community Rating System discount at risk and could expose the city to FEMA scrutiny.
The commission voted unanimously on Aug. 20 to deny variance requests that would have reduced the required finished-floor elevation for two single-family homes on Garden Street. The applicants had built or partially completed two houses with finished floors below the citys flood-elevation standard. The variance requests would have reduced the minimum finished-floor elevation from the one-foot (12-inch) freeboard to six inches above base flood elevation for the two parcels.
Applicants and counsel argued the cost to elevate the two houses or to remove and rework interior finishes would be economically infeasible; they said a Letter of Map Amendment…
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