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Planning Commission adopts floodplain overlay revisions to align with state and FEMA guidance
Summary
The commission approved ordinance 2085 to revise the town's floodplain overlay rules: changing terminology to 'special flood hazard area' and '1% annual chance storm event,' raising minimum finished-floor elevation to base flood elevation plus 1.5 feet, allowing RVs up to 180 days, and commissioning a watershed study funded by a pending grant.
The Blacksburg Planning Commission voted to approve ordinance 2085, which revises the town's floodplain overlay district to be more consistent with state model language and FEMA terminology.
Planning staff member Carolyn Howard told commissioners the revisions respond to requirements from DCR and recent development proposals that highlighted submittal and permit clarity needs. "We are proposing revisions to our floodplain overlay district ordinance,"…
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