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Planning board backs countywide ‘freeboard’ elevation option to encourage resilience
Summary
The Planning and Zoning Board recommended countywide code changes that would let property owners in defined flood zones voluntarily adopt up to 5 feet or 7 feet of freeboard above base flood elevation to encourage resilience after recent hurricane damage.
The Charlotte County Planning and Zoning Board voted to forward a staff-initiated text amendment (TLDR‑25‑03) to the Board of County Commissioners that would add and simplify countywide code definitions for "freeboard" and "design flood elevation" and make voluntary freeboard options available to property owners in flood hazard zones.
Staff rationale: Jay Shao explained the measure follows widespread hurricane damage last year and earlier amendments on Manasota and Sandpiper Keys. Shao said the proposal would add a user‑friendly definition of freeboard to County…
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