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Committee directs staff to draft floodplain ordinance updates to align with FEMA
Summary
Lee's Summit's Community and Economic Development Committee directed staff to prepare a formal ordinance updating the city's floodplain provisions in the Unified Development Ordinance to match FEMA standards, codify current practices (including FEMA Technical Bulletin TB10), clarify definitions, and change a 10-year tracking period to a rolling five-year practice.
Lee's Summit's Community and Economic Development Committee voted to direct staff to prepare an ordinance amending the city's floodplain regulations (UDO Article 5, Division 2) so the city remains aligned with Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) requirements and the National Flood Insurance Program.
"This ordinance brings consistent development standards so that...floodplain insurance can be obtained by owners, renters, and business owners," said Sue Piles, development engineering manager, during a staff presentation that summarized proposed redlines and clarifying language. Piles told…
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