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Planning board recommends text change to floodplain 'freeboard' definition, adds higher maximum in AE/VE zones
Summary
The Planning and Zoning Board recommended that the City adopt a zoning code text amendment increasing the maximum freeboard in higher‑risk flood zones (AE and VE) from 3 feet to 5 feet while keeping a 1‑foot minimum, and adding related garage floor elevation language for single‑family districts.
The Coral Gables Planning and Zoning Board on Sept. 17 recommended approval of a zoning code text amendment to revise the definition of “freeboard” and to align single‑family elevation standards with the city’s floodplain management code. The staff proposal establishes a maximum freeboard of five feet above Base Flood Elevation in higher‑risk AE and VE flood zones and retains a three‑foot maximum for other Special Flood Hazard Areas while keeping a minimum requirement of one foot above the Base Flood Elevation.
Craig Southern of the Planning and Zoning Department presented the amendment, explaining that freeboard "refers to the…
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