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Planning board backs initiation of flood ordinance updates; staff outlines 0% septic loan pilot for high-risk properties
Summary
Deputy Director Joe Costello presented UDO text amendments to align Nags Head's flood damage prevention ordinance with NFIP/CRS model language (including a townwide 1-foot freeboard); staff also outlined a DWI 0% interest septic-loan pilot targeting low-elevation, water-adjacent properties and reinforced existing free inspections and a $250 pump-out rebate.
Deputy Director Joe Costello told the planning board the proposed text amendments to the Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance are largely housekeeping to match the National Flood Insurance Program model ordinance and the town's 2024 Community Rating System audit. "One of the main things is clarifying that we always have 1 foot of free board, throughout town," Costello said, and he described work to standardize terms such as "the village" so the ordinance language…
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