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Lee County sets four‑foot freeboard, adopts updated FEMA map panels for review
Summary
The Board approved staff recommendations to adopt state model floodplain regulations with a four‑foot freeboard above the 100‑year flood elevation and to accept updated FEMA NFIP map panels pending final FEMA determination.
Lee County commissioners voted April 20 to direct staff to submit a Model Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance to the state and FEMA and to adopt four feet of freeboard above the 100‑year flood elevation for new construction in mapped flood hazard areas.
The county’s planning staff said the change aligns with FEMA guidance and will better protect structures from large flood events. The…
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