Builders and owners in a FEMA flood zone
Free check before you build in a mapped floodplain: flood zone, base flood elevation, floodway and the other permits your community will ask to see.
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How it works
What you get
The check is free. The paperwork after it is drafted at the Pre-Construction Notification door.
From public data
or greater chance of flooding in any given year is what puts land in a special flood hazard area, where development needs a permit
Source: 44 CFR 59.1, eCFR
Draft the Army Corps pre-construction notification (ENG Form 6082) for a dock, bank repair or small crossing. Wetlands and species checked. Free to read.
Questions
Yes. Communities must require permits for all proposed development in flood hazard areas and review that all necessary federal and state permits, including Clean Water Act Section 404 permits, have been obtained.
In zones A1-30, AE and AH, new construction and substantial improvement of homes must have the lowest floor, including the basement, at or above the base flood level, unless FEMA has granted the community a basement exception.
Only if hydrologic and hydraulic analyses, done to standard engineering practice, show the encroachment would not increase flood levels in the community during the base flood.
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