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FEMA floodplain layers inform zoning discussion for east-side parcels
Summary
Committee reviewed FEMA floodway and 100-year/500-year floodplain overlays while deciding how parcel developability should affect zoning recommendations; staff turned on the flood-hazard filter and identified areas unsuitable for substantial development.
During the map review the committee examined FEMA flood overlays and how floodway and 100‑year floodplain designations limit developability. Travis turned on the FEMA flood-hazard filter and explained, "the floodway is probably what you're referring to is this red area," and identified the dark-blue areas as the 100‑year floodplain.
Members noted that portions of the EDC parcel and adjacent land lie in zones where substantial new residential construction would be difficult without elevation or other mitigation. That technical constraint informed members’ preference to protect commercial frontage and keep deeper inland parcels residential or conserved open space where appropriate. Committee members asked staff to incorporate FEMA constraints into the proposed map and to call out buildability limitations when the map is presented to Council.
