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Planning commission delays vote on floodplain recodification, seeks agency review
Summary
Planning staff introduced a recodification of the county flood hazard ordinance that would raise minimum elevations to two feet above flood levels and consider regulating to the 500-year flood; the commission asked FEMA, DEQ and DCR to review the draft and deferred action until January or February.
The Washington County Planning Commission reviewed a proposed recodification of the county’s flood hazard ordinance and agreed to delay a public hearing and vote to allow agency and public review.
Planning staff said the draft ordinance includes two primary changes: increasing the minimum elevation requirement for residential lowest enclosed floors from “at or above” the flood elevation to two feet above it, and considering expansion of regulated areas to include the 500-year (0.2% annual chance) flood standard in addition…
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