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Council to continue vote on floodplain zoning amendments after staff briefing; freeboard, historic exemptions remain under discussion
Summary
Staff presented technical amendments to the city's floodplain regulations on Jan. 14 designed to align the Unified Development Ordinance with state and federal requirements; council continued the item to Jan. 28 to allow stakeholder meetings and further clarification on freeboard and historic exemptions.
City planning staff presented proposed updates to Chapter 7 (Flood Damage Prevention) of the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) at the Jan. 14 council meeting and asked council to consider technical amendments intended to align the city's rules with state building code and National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) requirements.
Staff emphasized that most changes are technical clarifications to remove ambiguity and to ensure the city retains good standing with NFIP and the Community Rating System, which provides policyholders with reduced flood-insurance premiums. The proposed changes clarify the "look-back" period used to calculate substantial damage/substantial improvement and preserve the existing one-year look-back practice rather than a five-year calculation that had appeared unclear in prior language.
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