To: Board of County Commissioners
Through: Bryan Weimer, Director, Public Works and Development
Prepared By:
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Sue Liu, P.E., Engineering Services, Public Works and Development
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Presenter: Sue Liu, P.E., Engineering Services, Public Works and Development
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Subject:
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LDC23-006 Amendment to Floodplain Management Regulations, Land Development Code
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Purpose and Request:
recommended action
The Engineering Services Division is proposing an amendment to the Arapahoe County Land Development Code to adopt and incorporate into the Code a new Flood Insurance Study (FIS), dated April 11, 2024, with the accompanying Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM), as produced by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The purpose of this hearing is to seek Board of County Commissioners (Board) approval of the amendment to Floodplain Management Regulations in the Land Development Code to update to the new Map and Study, as discussed in further detail below.
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Background and Discussion: The County has been a participating community of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) since August 15, 1977. The NFIP is a Federal program enabling property owners in participating communities to purchase flood insurance as a protection against flood losses in exchange for State and community floodplain management regulations that reduce future flood damages. This program also allows property owners to be eligible for certain federal disaster assistance and loans.
As a participating community in the NFIP, the County is responsible for making sure the County's Floodplain Management regulations meet or exceed the minimum requirements of the NFIP. FEMA, by law, cannot offer flood insurance in communities that do not have regulations that meet or exceed the minimum requirements.
The physical map revision (PMR) this time is for Big Dry Creek major drainageways.
The map update process began when FEMA presented preliminary revised FI...
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