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Board adopts UDO text amendments to update flood damage prevention rules after FEMA map changes
Summary
Rockingham County commissioners approved a Unified Development Ordinance text amendment updating the county's flood damage prevention ordinance to reflect FEMA map updates and revised form names; planners characterized the changes as routine and aimed at easing future updates.
Senior Planner Adam Bar presented a UDO text amendment to update Rockingham County's flood damage prevention ordinance, describing the revisions as routine changes required by FEMA map updates and tweaks to referenced form names.
Bar explained the ordinance changes ensure consistency with FEMA-designated floodways and will help property owners retain eligibility for flood insurance by aligning local language and date references with FEMA materials. A commissioner described the UDO as a "living document" and moved to recommend approval based on the packet's consistency statements; another commissioner seconded and the chair announced the motion carried.
The amendment will be processed through the county's text-amendment procedures; planners noted these are largely clerical and map-date adjustments rather than policy shifts.
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