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Board of Zoning Appeals grants floodplain variance for Big Cedar Court property after years of FEMA dispute
Summary
The Board of Zoning Appeals authorized a variance enabling construction of an attached garage addition at 1303 E. Big Cedar Court after staff and state floodplain managers advised that the property has effectively been elevated and a future FEMA map update should correct the designation.
The Board of Zoning Appeals voted to authorize the chair to sign a resolution granting a floodplain variance for property at 1303 East Big Cedar Court, allowing construction of a garage addition that would otherwise be subject to base flood-elevation restrictions.
Staff explained the case is unusual: grading and elevation work performed years ago should, in staff and local engineers’ view, have removed the house site from…
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