Floodplain
What Will It Cover?
The working group for this study area will examine the city’s policies for building structures within the flood plain. The group will discuss zoning strategies for regulation of these structures.
Working Group Meetings
Meetings were conducted on each of the following dates:
February 6, 2008
February 21, 2008
March 6, 2008
Moving Forward
The Floodplain recommendations document is included below.
Further floodplain-related issues will be discussed in the Sustainability subject area working group meetings, currently ongoing. The updated recommendations from the Floodplains working group were incorporated into the Sustainability Working Group recommendations.
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| Flood Plain Regulations (1) |
| Date | Title/Description | |
| 03-Apr-2008 | Draft Flood Plain Recomendations - includes links to comment on individual sections |
| Background (2) |
| Date | Title/Description | |
| 26-Feb-2008 | working group info #1 - Introduction to the topic of Floodplains in DC and background research including tools for managing development in floodplains. | |
| 26-Feb-2008 | working group info #2 - OP analysis of FEMA requirements for development in floodplains. |