Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, December 21, 1993 TAG: 9312210131
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-3 EDITION: METRO
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, has reinstated the city in the federally subsidized flood-insurance program.
Roanoke had been suspended from the program because it failed to meet an Oct. 15 deadline for revising its flood-plain regulations.
As a result, no building owner in Roanoke has been able to purchase a new flood-insurance policy or renew a policy since Oct. 15.
City officials said the suspension was triggered by a misunderstanding of the documents they had submitted to the federal agency to show what the city had done.
Etta Sims, a community planner with FEMA, said Monday she has received a copy of the city's changes.
Under the flood-insurance program, localities are required to make periodic changes in flood-plain regulations to help reduce flood damages.
The changes involve zoning and restrictions on development in the flood plain.
by CNB