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Oregon City adopts first reading of floodplain code changes tied to FEMA/NMFS guidance
Summary
Commission approved first reading of ordinance 25-1003 to add permit‑by‑permit mitigation assessment requirements for development in the flood management overlay district to meet FEMA short‑term directives tied to endangered species protections.
The Oregon City Commission held a public hearing and approved on first reading an ordinance amending the city’s flood management overlay code to require a permit‑by‑permit mitigation assessment for development in regulated floodplains.
Planning Manager Pete Walter presented the proposed changes (legislative file 2404), which staff described as the city’s interim response to FEMA’s July 2024 directive tied to the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) 2016 biological opinion. Under the amendment, applicants for development in the flood management overlay (Chapter 17.42 of the municipal code) must submit a flood habitat or mitigation assessment prepared by a qualified professional to…
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