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HOUSTON CITY HALL -- In a touch of irony, the Houston City Council's vote to relax the city's controversial floodway rules came as a forecast of heavy rain hung overhead.

The original rules, which took effect in 2006, bar any construction or major home improvement in land along bayous that are prone to flooding. Today's vote effectively reverses that decision -- with the caveat that the city must approve of new construction, inspect it regularly, and that new buildings in the floodway must be elevated.

The "floodway ordinance" was designed to discourage further building along those bayous. Accordin...

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