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Commission adopts floodplain overlay amendments to align with FEMA and engineering practice
Summary
The commission voted 3-0 to adopt text amendments to the county floodplain overlay to allow site-specific, engineer-certified determinations consistent with FEMA/NFIP and building-code standards; commissioners requested the Planning Commission consider broader revisions and flagged insurance concerns raised in other counties.
The Utah County Commission voted 3-0 to adopt proposed text amendments to the county's floodplain overlay (regular agenda item 7), measures staff said are intended to align local rules with FEMA/NFIP guidance and the building code and to allow site-specific engineering determinations.
Robert May of Community Development introduced the proposal and explained it was prompted by an application located in an area of "unknown elevation." Floodplain staff member Bryce Armstrong told commissioners…
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