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Council approves scrivener corrections to flood-hazard ordinance
Summary
The council accepted scrivener corrections to Ordinance No. 24-05, a previously approved flood hazard overlay ordinance, saying the changes were non‑substantive and fixed numbering/cross‑reference formatting errors.
The Klamath Falls City Council voted Jan. 21, 2025 to accept scrivener corrections to Ordinance No. 24-05, the city’s flood hazard overlay ordinance, after staff said the changes were formatting fixes and did not alter substantive provisions.
Joe Wall, a city staff member, told the council the city had adopted a new FEMA flood insurance study and used a model ordinance from the Oregon Department of State Lands. He said the model’s numbering and lettering differed from the city’s code formatting and that "nothing, substantive changed at all. It was simply references to other portions of the code." The changes were described as correcting cross‑references that had been shifted during editing.
A councilor moved to accept the scrivener corrections and the motion passed by voice. The transcript records the motion and an affirmative "aye" vote; no opposing votes or amendments were recorded in the meeting excerpt.
The council and staff characterized the corrections as administrative; the transcript does not show any change to policy content of Ordinance No. 24-05. No effective date or further administrative action tied to the corrections was specified in the excerpt.
