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Clallam County adopts ordinance tightening rules for frequently flooded areas
Summary
The County Commissioners approved an amendment to Chapter 27.12 (Critical Areas — Frequently Flooded Areas) to align local code with FEMA requirements, designate the floodplain administrator, and change how floodway impacts are measured.
Clallam County commissioners on June 10 approved an ordinance amending Chapter 27.12, Part 5 (frequently flooded areas) to align local code with updated FEMA requirements and to preserve the county's standing in the National Flood Insurance Program.
The change narrows allowable cumulative floodway impacts: where the code previously allowed a one-foot aggregate rise in base flood elevation from encroachments, the amended language requires no rise (0 feet). County staff also clarified that the county’s…
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