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Port Angeles adopts flood-damage prevention ordinance to meet FEMA mapping deadline
Summary
The City Council adopted updates to Port Angeles Municipal Code chapter 15.12 to comply with Washington state guidance and FEMA requirements tied to updated flood insurance rate maps that take effect April 23, 2025, preserving community access to the National Flood Insurance Program.
Port Angeles City Council voted unanimously to adopt updates to Port Angeles Municipal Code chapter 15.12 (flood damage prevention), changes staff said are necessary to meet state and federal requirements ahead of newly updated Federal Emergency Management Agency flood insurance rate maps (FIRMs) that take effect April 23, 2025.
Courtney Bournsworth, natural resources and grant administrator, told council that FEMA notified the city in February 2024 that the existing chapter 15.12 did not meet state and federal requirements. Staff prepared a State Environmental Policy Act checklist (noticed June 8, 2024), held a public comment…
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