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Council holds first reading of state-required flood-hazard ordinance
Summary
The council heard a first reading of an ordinance to adopt state amendments to flood-hazard rules, designate a floodplain administrator and codify updated flood insurance rate maps.
The Northvale Borough Council conducted the first reading of an ordinance to adopt changes tied to amendments by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection to the Flood Hazard Area Control Act rules. The ordinance updates local code to align with the state changes and formalize procedures for developments in flood hazard areas.
According to a borough engineer’s explanation during the meeting, the state amended flood elevations and related rules; municipalities are required to adopt conforming local ordinances. The proposed local ordinance would designate the building department (with engineering consultant support) as the floodplain administrator and require permits and approvals for development in mapped flood hazard areas. It also codifies flood insurance rate maps (FIRMs) that were prepared in about 2019.
The presenter emphasized that the local ordinance mainly adopts state-mandated changes: “We more or less just put North Vale into the ordinance, and every municipality in the state has to adopt it,” the presenter said in the transcript. The transcript records the first reading and notes that the public hearing and second reading are scheduled for the council’s June 11 meeting.
No final adoption vote was recorded in the provided transcript excerpt; the action in the meeting was a first reading and scheduling of the public hearing as required by state rulemaking and municipal procedure.
