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Director reports floodplain freeboard update, Carriage Place and Magnolia Point submissions

Richmond planning zone meeting · October 16, 2025
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Summary

Planning director told the commission staff incorporated a 2017 ordinance into the storm manual to raise 'freeboard' tied to NFIP rules (a move staff said could lower insurance rates) and reported receipt of construction drawings for Carriage Place phase 3 and Magnolia Point phase 8, which include a bridge to Union City Road.

At the meeting the planning director gave a multi-part director—s report covering floodplain "freeboard" language, recently submitted construction drawings, and progress on letters of credit for several developments.

The director said staff reviewed local freeboard requirements tied to the National Flood Insurance Program and discovered an ordinance adopted in 2017 that raised the…

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