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Planning staff propose Article 19 floodplain updates, including ban on new residential parcels in floodplain
Summary
Senior planner Eve Miller outlined proposed revisions to Article 19 to modernize floodplain definitions and maps, prohibit future residential parcels in floodplain within expansion areas, and incorporate updated NFIP maps; commissioners pressed staff to avoid unintended environmental harms such as culverting or excessive fill.
Eve Miller, senior planner in Lexington’s long‑range planning team, introduced a project on Feb. 19 to update Article 19 of the city’s zoning ordinance, which governs floodplain review. Miller said Article 19 dates to 1983 and has been amended several times (1987 for National Flood Insurance Program conformity, 2005 and 2016 for definition and stormwater manual alignment) and that the city wants to modernize definitions, adopt current flood maps and strengthen implementation consistent with best practices.
Miller said staff are proposing several policy changes, including updated definitions for floodway, manufactured home standards, special flood hazard…
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