El Campo adopts flood-damage rules into Unified Development Code

Jan 13, 2026

The El Campo City Council adopted Ordinance 2026-01 to move flood-damage-prevention regulations into the Unified Development Code, maintaining a one-foot-above-base-flood-elevation standard and adding new prohibitions for critical facilities and special flood-hazard areas to satisfy state grant requirements.

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The El Campo City Council voted to adopt Ordinance 2026-01, moving the city’s flood-damage-prevention regulations from Chapter 3 of the building code into Article 10.19 of the Unified Development Code.

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