City Of Houston To Vote On Building Rules Within Floodplains

The Houston City Council is again expected to vote today on new building rules for structures within floodplains.

City Council delayed the vote last week as council members debated the specifics of new floodplain rules.

The new rules would regulate all homes in city floodplains to elevate to or beyond the five-hundred year floodplain.

Currently, the proposed rules would apply to new or redeveloped structures.

But an amendment changes how exactly the city decides which of those structures has to be elevated. Based on a "Level of Risk" scale.