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Star seeks floodplain fixes to match FEMA, adds limits on cumulative improvements
Summary
Staff proposed updates to Star's floodplain ordinance to align with FEMA and state definitions, change base‑flood opening requirements, permit irrigation‑district maintenance without separate flood applications, and add a three‑year rolling limit to cumulative 'substantial improvement' calculations.
At the Feb. 10 code‑amendments workshop, Ryan Morgan, the city's floodplain administrator, summarized a series of technical changes to the floodplain ordinance intended to bring Star into closer alignment with FEMA and state practice.
Morgan said many changes are clerical or definitional, including removing obsolete FEMA 'A1/A2' labels and replacing them with current zone names. He proposed clarifying the floodplain development permit name and…
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