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Planners consider extending 10‑foot floodplain height allowance into 500‑year floodplain to boost resilience
Summary
Staff proposed letting property owners voluntarily use an existing 10-foot additional height allowance in 500‑year floodplains to improve flood resilience and lower recovery costs; resilience staff warned it can encourage siting in flood-prone areas and the board agreed to consult the fire marshal before proceeding.
The Pender County Planning Board discussed a proposed text amendment to expand a 10‑foot height allowance — now applicable in special flood hazard areas — to also apply in 500‑year floodplains, with the stated goal of encouraging voluntary elevation of homes for resilience.
"If you go 4 feet above the base flood elevation plus the 2 feet of freeboard, you can…
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