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File #: AB2019-039    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Adopted
File created: 1/7/2019 In control: Council
On agenda: 1/15/2019 Final action: 1/15/2019
Enactment date: 1/15/2019 Enactment #: ORD 2019-005
Title: Ordinance adopting amendments to Whatcom County Code Title 17, Flood Damage Prevention
Attachments: 1. Agenda Bill Master Report, 2. Adopted Ordinance 2019-005, 3. Adopted Ordinance 2019-005 Strike, 4. Transmittal Email from Bouma to Brown-Davis, 5. Staff Memo, 6. Staff Report, Updated 2019, 7. Proposed Ordinance for Action January 15, 2019, 8. Public Hearing sign in 1.15.19, 9. Notice of Adoption
Department Public Works Department

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Ordinance adopting amendments to Whatcom County Code Title 17, Flood Damage Prevention

 

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SUMMARY STATEMENT OR LEGAL NOTICE LANGUAGE:

 

The proposed ordinance adopts amendments to Whatcom County Code Title 17, Flood Damage Prvention, including:

 

-  Reference to a new Flood Insurance Study (FIS) and Flood Insurance Map (FIRM) panels for Whatcom County;

-  Amendments required to make Title 17 consistent with the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR’s); and

-  Revisions recommended by FEMA for clarification purposes.

 

The FIS and FIRM will become effective on January 18, 2019.

 



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