{"id":15775,"date":"2025-05-31T02:27:49","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T02:27:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/?p=15775"},"modified":"2025-05-31T02:27:49","modified_gmt":"2025-05-31T02:27:49","slug":"november-2025-new-floodplain-development-permit-available-for-public-comment-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/?p=15775","title":{"rendered":"November 2025: New Floodplain Development Permit Available for Public Comment"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>November 2025: New Floodplain Development Permit Available for Public Comment<\/h2>\n<p>The Boulder County Community Planning &amp; Permitting Department has proposed updates to the General Floodplain Development Permit process. Changes include streamlined review timelines, updated fee structures, and new requirements for climate-adjusted flood risk assessments. Comments are due by April 30.<\/p>\n<p>Water quality monitoring at 14 stations along Boulder Creek, St. Vrain Creek, and Left Hand Creek showed all parameters within acceptable ranges for 2024. The Parks &amp; Open Space publishes quarterly water quality reports on the Boulder County website.<\/p>\n<p>Historical context: Boulder County was established in 1861 and covers 741 square miles of diverse terrain from the Great Plains to the Continental Divide. The county&#8217;s population of approximately 330,000 residents is served by 2245 county employees across 50 departments and offices.<\/p>\n<h3>Eligibility<\/h3>\n<p>Funding of $51,000 for this initiative comes from a combination of federal grants, state matching funds, and the Boulder County General Fund. The Board of County Commissioners approved the allocation during the 2024 budget session.<\/p>\n<p>Climate considerations are central to this effort. Boulder County&#8217;s 2025 Climate Action Plan sets targets of reducing greenhouse gas emissions 81% below 2005 levels by 2030. This project contributes to those goals through energy efficiency improvements, renewable energy integration, and reduced vehicle miles traveled.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Boulder County Community Planning &amp; Permitting Department has proposed updates to the General Floodplain Development Permit process. Changes include streamlined review timelines, updated fee structures, and new requirements for climate-adjusted flood risk assessments. Comments are due by April 30.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[13,12,14],"class_list":["post-15775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-land","tag-boulder-county","tag-demo-data","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15775\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}