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Elgin council adopts code change requiring new structures to sit one foot above 100-year floodplain
6490696 · October 22, 2025
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Summary
After Planning & Zoning workshops, the council amended development code to require new structures to be sited one foot above the 100-year floodplain; the change applies to new builds only and will not retroactively require property owners to raise existing structures.
The Elgin City Council adopted an amendment to the development code that raises the minimum elevation for new structures in the 100-year floodplain from "at or above" to one foot above the 100-year floodplain.
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