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Gardner to update floodplain overlay to match new FEMA FIRM maps effective July 8, 2025
Summary
City planners recommended amendments to the Floodplain Protection Overlay District to align local zoning with revised FEMA flood insurance rate maps; the city must update the bylaw to remain in the National Flood Insurance Program by the July 8, 2025 effective date.
The Gardner City Council and Planning Board held a joint public hearing June 9, 2025 on a zoning amendment to update the Floodplain Protection Overlay District (Chapter 6.75) to conform to revised Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) flood insurance rate maps (FIRM) that take effect July 8, 2025.
Director Stevens and the city engineering office said the amendments are largely bookkeeping to align local definitions and procedures with the state model and FEMA requirements. Director Stevens explained that the…
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