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Lee County commission adopts flood ordinance updates, approves road vacation and sets solid-waste hearing
Summary
At its Jan. 13 meeting, the Lee County Commission adopted revisions to the flood damage prevention ordinance required by the National Flood Insurance Program, voted to vacate 1,274 feet of Lee Road 9, approved a subdivision final plat, reduced the speed limit on Lee Road 690 and set a public hearing on the county solid waste management plan.
The Lee County Commission on Jan. 13 unanimously approved an amended flood damage prevention ordinance to meet requirements of the National Flood Insurance Program and state reviewers, and carried out a series of routine land- and traffic-related decisions, including vacating the end of Lee Road 9 and setting a public hearing for an updated solid waste management plan.
The commission adopted the flood ordinance update after county staff said the revisions incorporate changes requested by the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA). County staff presented the amendments and said ADECA’s December 12 review supplied the final list of required changes. "This should be the final update for this flood damage prevention ordinance," county staff said during the meeting before the motion to approve as amended passed unanimously.
Why it matters: adopting the amendments keeps Lee County eligible for the National Flood Insurance Program and aligns local rules with state review, which affects property owners in mapped floodplains…
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