Environmental Rules in De Pere, WI (2026)
1 verified environmental rules for De Pere, Wisconsin, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Flood Zones
The City of De Pere participates in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and regulates floodplain development in conformance with Wis. Stat. Sec. 87.30 and Wisconsin Administrative Code Chapter NR 116, plus 44 CFR Parts 59-72. The Fox River is the principal regulated waterway through the city. The currently effective FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) for Brown County, which include De Pere, were adopted by the Brown County Board of Supervisors on February 15, 2023 and became effective on May 9, 2023. Development in mapped Special Flood Hazard Areas requires zoning approval, and new residential structures in the regulatory floodway are prohibited under NR 116.
Flood Zone Regulations (De Pere, WI)
Heavy RestrictionsWis. Stat. § 87.30(1)(a), (2)(a)
If any county, city or village does not adopt a reasonable and effective floodplain zoning ordinance within one year after hydraulic and engineering data adequate to formulate the ordinance becomes available, the department shall, upon petition of an interested state agency or a municipality or upon its own motion as soon as practicable and after public hearing, determine and fix by order the l...
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