City of Brookings - File #: ORD 23-021

• File #: ORD 23-021
• Version: 2
• Name: Ordinance - Flood Plain Development
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 6/19/2023
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 8/22/2023
• Final action: 8/22/2023
• Title: Public Hearing and Action on Ordinance 23-021, an Ordinance Amending Article II of Chapter 38 - Flood Damage Prevention in City, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Brookings, South Dakota.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
8/22/2023	2	City Council
8/8/2023	1	City Council

Title

Public Hearing and Action on Ordinance 23-021, an Ordinance Amending Article II of Chapter 38 - Flood Damage Prevention in City, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Brookings, South Dakota.

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Summary:

City Council requested changes to the existing City Code governing floodplain development.  The last update to this code was in 1996.  Since 1996 there have been significant technological advances, flood plain studies, and evolution of best management practices, along with changes to weather patterns which suggest storms are now more powerful and less predictable.

City Code currently requires all structures built within the floodplain be at least one (1) foot above the base floodplain elevation.  The proposed ordinance changes will require all structures built within the floodplain to be at least two (2) feet above the base floodplain elevation, and any fill placed in the floodplain be offset by removing the same amount of material from the floodplain to provide compensatory storage.

Recommendation

Recommendation:

Staff recommends approval.

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