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Junction City council moves to adopt tailored FEMA model ordinance to meet new floodplain rules
Summary
The council voted to initiate an amendment to Junction City Municipal Code Title 17 to adopt a tailored version of the 2024 FEMA model ordinance, intended to meet federal pre-implementation requirements aimed at avoiding net loss of floodplain habitat; staff said the model code is the most administrable option and the city must notify FEMA by Dec. 1.
Junction City officials on Nov. 12 directed staff to begin drafting a code amendment to adopt a tailored version of the 2024 FEMA model ordinance for floodplain development.
Councilor Leach moved to initiate an amendment to Junction City Municipal Code Title 17 and to direct staff to proceed with a tailored adoption of FEMA’s updated model ordinance; the motion passed with affirmative votes recorded. City staff urged action because FEMA’s pre-implementation compliance measures (PICMs) require communities participating in the National Flood Insurance Program to adopt standards intended to protect threatened and endangered species and floodplain functions.
Staff outlined…
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