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Planning commission advances floodplain text amendment, approves multiple expedited rezoning requests
Summary
Greensboro staff sought and received a favorable recommendation to City Council on a flood damage prevention text amendment; the commission also approved a slate of expedited rezoning requests by 7-0 votes and finalized an annexation recommendation.
City staff asked the Planning & Zoning Commission on April 20 to forward a city-initiated Land Development Ordinance text amendment for flood damage prevention (amendments to sections 30-12-2.1 and 30-12-2.4) to City Council so the city remains eligible for FEMA’s National Flood Insurance Program and conforms to updated state and federal mapping language.
Chris Andrews, deputy director with the planning department, told commissioners the changes are largely textual — aligning local verbiage to updated federal and state documents — and asked the commission to…
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