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Homewood Council adopts new floodplain development ordinance to meet FEMA standards
Summary
The Homewood City Council unanimously approved replacing the city's flood-damage prevention ordinance with a new Floodplain Development Ordinance required by FEMA; staff said the change helps maintain or improve the city's CRS rating and could modestly lower residents' flood-insurance premiums.
The Homewood City Council on April 8 unanimously approved a new Floodplain Development Ordinance intended to bring the city's regulations into compliance with FEMA requirements and help the city improve its Community Rating System (CRS) score.
Cale Smith, who presented the staff report, said the city has held a CRS rating of 9 since joining the National Flood Insurance Program in the late 1990s and that the proposed ordinance is part of an effort to move to a CRS 8. "At a 9, folks that live in…
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