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Floodplain program update: county passed FEMA audit; HUD rule may prompt higher local freeboard
Summary
Floodplain staff reported no reported structural flooding this quarter, successful Community Rating System recertification and elevation certificates, and highlighted a new HUD rule requiring 2-foot freeboard for federally backed single-family mortgages that could prompt a local change from an 18-inch requirement.
Toby Lewis, floodplain program manager, told the Benton County Board of Commissioners on Jan. 7 that the county did not report any flooded dwellings or businesses during a recent wet period and that staff had completed several ongoing program tasks.
Lewis said the county passed its Community Rating System recertification audit in December and submitted three elevation certificates documenting compliance: one manufactured-home replacement, one single-family replacement and one substantial improvement. She explained that a ‘‘substantial improvement’’ can trigger a…
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