A Delaware State panel has released a set of land-use and development recommendations aimed at preventing catastrophic flood losses and expensive drainage problems.
The recommendations by the Floodplain and Drainage Advisory Committee range from requiring flood studies in areas near streams without floodplain boundaries and mandating designs with first-floor heights at least 18 inches above the most common flood level.
But the Wilmington News Journal reports that two proposals did not get majority backing.
These were banning any new land subdivision inside designated flood plains and a prohibition against any new buildings inside flood plains.
The public will get a chance to weigh in on the recommendations through July 6th.
But they have already drawn criticism from developer groups.
Committee member Rich Collins, who is also with the organization Positive Growth Alliance, said that insurance premiums have more than adequate to cover all losses in recent decades.
