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Board considers reducing cumulative timeframe for substantial improvement in floodplain rules; staff to add proposal to joint conceptual workshop
Summary
City staff proposed shortening the five‑year cumulative timeframe used to determine substantial improvement/damage in the floodplain to the FEMA minimum of one year; staff said the change would modestly reduce CRS credit but keep the city’s Class 8 rating.
City staff asked the Board to consider reducing the cumulative timeframe used to determine when property repairs or improvements in the floodplain qualify as "substantial improvement" or "substantial damage." The code currently uses a five‑year rolling window; staff proposed dropping it to the FEMA minimum of one year to give owners more flexibility for routine maintenance and smaller…
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