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Loma Linda adopts FEMA-aligned flood-control ordinance amid concern over homeowner impacts
Summary
The City Council adopted ordinance O-2025-03 to add Chapter 19.12 to the Loma Linda Municipal Code, adopting FEMA flood maps and designating a floodplain administrator; councilors pressed staff on homeowner notification and potential insurance consequences before voting to adopt the measure.
The Loma Linda City Council on Tuesday adopted ordinance O-2025-03, creating Chapter 19.12 of the municipal code to adopt FEMA flood-hazard maps, designate a floodplain and a floodplain administrator, and repeal older ordinances. The ordinance becomes effective 30 days after adoption, with staff noting an effective date of Oct. 9, 2025.
Council members debated the ordinance’s local effects, focusing on whether homeowners would be forewarned that new FEMA mapping could place their properties in a regulated floodplain and potentially trigger mortgage-related flood-insurance requirements. “There are…
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