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Council eases fill restrictions in FEMA floodplain with UDO amendment
Summary
Council approved an amendment to the Unified Development Ordinance allowing discretionary fill within the 100‑year FEMA floodplain while keeping streamside and riparian buffers intact; staff said the Public Works Director would oversee discretionary approvals.
The City Council approved an ordinance amending Chapter 30 of the Unified Development Ordinance to allow discretionary fill within the 100‑year FEMA floodplain, clarifying that the change is not intended to permit development within the 25‑foot streamside buffer or the 50‑foot riparian buffer.
Katherine Sharp, Director of Planning and Zoning, introduced Floodplain Administrator Sherri McIntyre, who explained that FEMA permits fill with proper permits and that properties can be removed from the floodplain once certain elevation conditions are met: "the floodplain is designed where it can be filled in and once it reaches a certain level, you can then go in and remove it out of the floodplain." Council voted to waive rules and approved the ordinance on first reading and final action the same evening (Ordinance No. 12032).
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