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Board schedules April public hearing and emergency ordinance work to keep county in FEMA flood-insurance program
Summary
Staff asked the board to begin an emergency ordinance process to adopt FEMA-required code updates for floodplain management so Clallam County remains eligible for the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). The board set a public hearing for April 15 and staff said final ordinance adoption would follow the planning commission review.
County planning staff told the board they must update the county’s floodplain code to meet a FEMA checklist and preserve participation in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). Staff said FEMA provided a prescriptive list of definitions and code changes — for example adding clear definitions for "area of special flood hazard," "base flood" and "basement" — and asked the board to begin an emergency ordinance process so changes could be adopted before FEMA’s…
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