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Frederick works on floodplain ordinance update Frederick News-Post (MD) Apr. 8—Frederick residents and businesses will soon have a chance to weigh in on an updated ordinance to help them get discounted rates for flood insurance in flood-prone parts of the city. An update to the city's floodplain ordinance would bring it into compliance with current Maryland Department of the Environment, Federal Emergency Management Agency and National Flood Insurance Program standards and regulations. The city's mayor and aldermen got an update on the proposed ordinance at a workshop Wednesday. Updating ...

With an increase in development and improvement applications, Frederick officials are considering adding another traffic engineer position to the city’s staff. A move by the aldermen would move money in the city’s engineering department to replace a currently vacant lead survey tech position, Engineering Department Manager Scott Helgeson told the aldermen at a workshop Wednesday. The average time for an engineering review for improvement plans has increased from 24 days to 38 over three years, according to a report prepared by the city’s staff. That type of increase in their wo...