Taney County Commissioners have voted to adopt the Floodplain Management Ordinance for 2012.  Commissioners say some county residents were concerned when it appeared their properties were incorrectly shown as being in a flood plain on the new map.  While the base flood elevations are unchanged from the previous map, a change in the way FEMA now measures the contour of the land altered some of the boundaries.  Western District Commissioner Jim Strafuss says it caused some county residents to go through a correction process…

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Strafuss is speaking with Taney County Planning and Zoning administrator Bob Atchley.  Atchley says back in 2010, property owners adjacent to a flood plain, as shown on the map at that time, were notified by postcard and invited to visit the planning department to see the new maps.  Some property owners have gone through what’s called a LOMA process, or Letter of Map Amendment.  Atchley says FEMA may now begin remapping counties every 2 or 3 years. 

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The Taney County Commission has adopted the 2012 Floodplain Management Ordinance.  Planning and Zoning administrator Bob Atchley says some of the floodplain boundaries have changed because of the way FEMA now measures the contour of the land.  That had some properties incorrectly shown as being in a floodplain.  Atchley says the only way to correct it was through a Letter of Map Amendment process…

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The new flood maps were proposed back in 2010, with public meetings held since.  Atchley says FEMA may now begin remapping counties every 2 or 3 years.