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City staff propose UDO flood-ordinance clarifications, keep 2-foot freeboard; legal team warns new state law limits downzoning
Summary
Interim Public Works Director Amy Deaton told council staff are proposing targeted UDO amendments to comply with National Flood Insurance Program requirements, clarify the substantial-damage look-back period, and preserve a 2-foot freeboard for new construction and rebuilding.
At the Jan. 9 agenda briefing, Interim Public Works Director Amy Deaton and City Attorney Brad Branham outlined proposed updates to three sections of the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) related to the flood ordinance and the legal constraints the city now faces.
Deaton said staff’s amendments are intended to “bring our regulations into compliance with state and federal requirements, to better align our regulations with best practices for floodplain management, to clarify development language, to better support permit applicants and city staff in the permitting process, and to simplify the code for all users.” She said the package is primarily technical but identified three categories for council: technical, conflict and substantive changes.
On the look-back period for calculating substantial damage and improvement, staff removed ambiguity and clarified that the city will continue to use a one-year look-back period as previously administered. On…
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