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City planner preparing seawall-height, flood-elevation ordinance concepts for board review
Summary
A board member said the planning department is drafting potential ordinances linking seawall heights to base flood elevation and road crown; members asked staff to provide packets earlier so they can review before a decision.
A board member reported that the planning department is working on potential ordinances tying seawall heights to base flood elevations for homes and the crown of the road. The member said the planner (Dixon) produces packets that "I can only really require him to give it to me by maybe the Friday before, but I can ask him," and board members asked for earlier distribution when possible to accommodate members' work schedules.
The member said the county resilience office performed a city-by-city analysis and provided GIS overlays; the resilience office’s recommendations leaned toward increasing swales and drainage improvements rather than widespread pumps for Lighthouse Point. The board discussed integrating resilience recommendations into future planning efforts and agreed to follow up once the planning department brings formal material for review.
