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City proposes floodplain ordinance updates, recommends raising freeboard to 18 inches
Summary
City planning staff proposed Feb. 25 updates to Lynchburg's floodplain ordinance that align local rules with state and federal requirements, allow limited adaptive reuse in floodways and raise the freeboard standard from 12 to 18 inches for new and substantially improved structures.
City staff on Feb. 25 proposed updates to Lynchburg's floodplain management ordinance to align local code with state and federal minimums, allow certain adaptive reuses in the floodway, and raise the city's freeboard requirement from 12 inches to 18 inches for new construction and substantially improved buildings.
Planner Erin Hawkins said the city's floodplain mapping dates from the 1970s and FEMA is working on updated maps; staff nonetheless recommended ordinance updates now so the local code aligns with current terminology and minimum standards. The proposed change would allow underlying zoning uses in some existing floodway structures to be treated as allowable uses…
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