The Junction City Commission has approved an ordinance for new flood plain regulations.

The Planning and Zoning Director, David Yearout, said that was a prerequisite for getting new flood plain maps for all the county that would become effective April 5. The Geary County Commission had already approved the regs.

Yearout said the only change for the County is the new effective date of the maps….April 5, 2016. “For the City mandatory language from FEMA and DWR required as part of the flood plain management regulations, now the City’s regulations are identical to those of the County with respect to what’s required when someone comes in and wants to get a building permit to do something in an area designated in a flood area.”