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Boonton council introduces floodplain-management ordinance for first reading
Summary
The Boonton Council voted to introduce Ordinance 16-25, a title-only measure to repeal and replace Chapter 140 with updated floodplain-management regulations, adopt new flood-hazard maps and designate a floodplain administrator; the introduction passed on a roll-call vote.
Boonton — The Boonton Mayor and Town Council introduced Ordinance 16-25, a title-only measure to repeal the town’s Chapter 140 on flood-damage prevention and adopt a new chapter establishing floodplain-management regulations, new flood-hazard maps and a designated floodplain administrator. The motion to introduce the ordinance passed on a roll-call vote.
The ordinance, described by the council as a code update, does not include final regulatory text in this meeting’s introduction; councilors carried the measure forward “by title only,” which begins the formal ordinance process and sends details to the public notice and subsequent hearings required by municipal code.
Council members said the change is intended to align local regulations with updated flood-hazard information and a modernized administration role. No public testimony was offered on the ordinance at this meeting.
Next steps include publication of the ordinance title, distribution of full text for public review and scheduling of any required public hearing or second-reading vote, at which time councilors may adopt, amend or reject the proposed code changes.
