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Sumner County committee discusses raising base flood elevation requirement to 3 feet; staff says change not retroactive
Summary
Sumner County considered a planning commission resolution to raise the base flood elevation requirement from 1 foot to 3 feet, with staff saying the change is not enforceable until passage and would apply to applications after December; committee asked staff to follow up on when and how the change reached the agenda.
Sumner County’s legislative committee on Nov. 10 debated a planning commission resolution that would raise the county’s base flood elevation requirement from 1 foot to 3 feet.
The committee heard staff explain that the resolution would align A and AE zones with a 3-foot standard: AE zones are based on a detailed flood study and A zones are less detailed, so staff said the 3-foot requirement applies to both in different technical ways. "This is basically raising the flood elevation…
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