Planning commission recommends floodplain-code change to require permit-level mitigation assessments under FEMA/NOAA guidance
The Oregon City Planning Commission unanimously recommended amending the Flood Management Overlay District to require developers to provide mitigation assessments demonstrating "no net loss" of key floodplain functions in line with FEMA pre-implementation measures and the 2016 National Marine Fisheries Service biological opinion.
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The Oregon City Planning Commission on Jan. 27, 2025, voted unanimously to recommend that the City Commission adopt amendments to the city's Flood Management Overlay District (Chapter 17.42) to implement FEMA's pre-implementation compliance measures tied to a 2016 National Marine Fisheries Service biological opinion.
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