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Planners consider expanding 10-foot elevation allowance to 500-year floodplain to boost resilience
Summary
Staff proposed allowing the county’s 10-foot additional allowable height for elevated structures to apply in 500-year floodplains as well as regulated flood hazard areas; resilience planner Lee Duncan warned it could encourage building closer to flood-prone zones and staff will consult the fire marshal and refine safeguards.
At a Pender County Planning Board workshop, staff outlined a proposed text amendment to expand the county’s existing 10-foot elevation allowance so it could be used voluntarily in 500-year floodplain areas to improve flood resilience.
Lee Duncan, Pender County’s resilience planner, summarized the technical rule and the policy…
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