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Planning board approves floodplain LDC amendments; staff outlines coordinated Florida Building Code updates
Summary
The Planning Board approved two land development code amendments to update local floodplain language to align with FEMA and the Florida Building Code; staff said new FEMA maps based on updated lidar are already in effect and noted a 3‑foot freeboard remains in local code.
At its May 6 meeting the Escambia County Planning Board heard a package of code updates tied to new FEMA flood insurance rate maps and voted to approve two amendments to the county Land Development Code (LDC) related to floodplain management and definitions.
Planning staff explained the package includes changes to LDC Chapter 4, Article 2 (Floodplain Management) and to Chapter 6, Section 6‑0.3 (Terms defined). The updates were developed with a FEMA contractor to bring County LDC language into…
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