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Council approves first reading of code change to allow discretionary fill in FEMA 100-year floodplain
Summary
City staff and the council moved to amend the Unified Development Ordinance to permit discretionary fill within the FEMA 100-year floodplain outside protected stream and riparian corridors; council passed the motion on first reading Jan. 27 after a public hearing and staff discussion.
The council on Jan. 27 advanced an amendment to the city’s Unified Development Ordinance that would allow, on a discretionary basis, fill within the FEMA 100-year floodplain in areas outside the stream buffer and riparian corridor.
Catherine Sharp, the city’s director of planning and development, told the council that the city’s current overlay precludes some fills that…
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