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Council introduces flood-damage ordinance to align local rules with FEMA
Summary
The St. Marys City Council introduced Ordinance 2025-21, an emergency ordinance updating local flood-damage provisions to align with FEMA guidance dating to 1998 so residents in flood-prone areas remain eligible for flood insurance. Council sent the proposal forward for additional readings and said it will return to the council for further action.
The St. Marys City Council introduced Ordinance 2025-21, an emergency ordinance intended to update the city—ode to match FEMA rules and regulations dating to 1998 so residents living in flood-prone areas can obtain federally backed flood insurance.
Council members were told the ordinance updates old language already on the books and describes steps the city has taken to reduce flooding, such as requiring retention and detention ponds in residential subdivisions. The ordinance was presented for first reading and will be scheduled for additional readings before the council takes a final vote.
Council did not take final action on the measure at this meeting. The item was read for the record and will return for subsequent readings. No specific changes to the city code text were adopted at first reading, and no vote to adopt the ordinance on final passage occurred during the meeting.
Background materials, including an executive summary, were referenced during discussion; council members indicated the update is primarily technical, intended to maintain compliance with federal flood-insurance requirements rather than to create new development mandates beyond existing detention and retention expectations. Timing for further readings was not announced.
