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Commissioners table proposed floodplain ordinance amendments after island and service concerns
Summary
Chatham County commissioners voted to table amendments to Chapter 24, Article 1 (Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance) after commissioners representing islands and other members raised concerns about a provision barring critical facilities from special flood hazard areas and requested more review and stakeholder input.
The Chatham County Board of Commissioners on Aug. 8 voted to table proposed amendments to the county’s Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance (Chapter 24, Article 1) after extended discussion about the effect of a provision that would bar “critical facilities” from being located in mapped special flood hazard areas.
Why it matters: The change would affect where hospitals, nursing homes, emergency operations centers, utilities, and other “critical facilities” can be sited or expanded in unincorporated Chatham County, where substantial portions — including many coastal islands — lie in FEMA-designated flood zones.
County Engineer (identified in the meeting as Miss Cooler) told the…
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