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Siskiyou County adopts floodplain ordinance to meet FEMA deadline
Summary
The Board of Supervisors adopted a rewritten floodplain ordinance (Title 10, Chapter 10) at second reading to satisfy a FEMA deadline and keep the county in the National Flood Insurance Program. Staff said FEMA issued conditional approval pending adoption and that the ordinance is exempt from CEQA under common-sense and open-space exemptions.
The Siskiyou County Board of Supervisors on second reading adopted an ordinance repealing and replacing Title 10, Chapter 10 of the county code to update local floodplain regulations and meet federal requirements.
Seth, the county’s floodplain administrator, told the board the changes must be adopted at the hearing to meet a FEMA deadline: “The new…
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