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Fargo board approves code amendments and keeps flood provisions to protect FEMA CRS rating
Summary
The Fargo board voted to adopt a package of building-code amendments, including retaining city-specific flood provisions to preserve Community Rating System (CRS) credit from FEMA and to maintain the city's historic basement exemption pending later review.
The Fargo Building Board approved a package of building-code amendments after staff recommended adoption of the compiled changes, including city-specific flood provisions designed to preserve Community Rating System credit from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Board members voted to adopt the amendments as presented and to keep Fargo's flood provisions in the adopted codes while specifying that the city's more restrictive flood standards, including the local basement exemption, would continue to govern locally.
Staff said retaining the flood provisions in code text helps Fargo maintain CRS points…
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