Environmental Rules in Waukesha, WI (2026)
1 verified environmental rules for Waukesha, Wisconsin, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Flood Zones
The City of Waukesha participates in the FEMA National Flood Insurance Program and administers a Floodplain Zoning Ordinance adopted in 2023 in compliance with Wis. Stat. Sec. 87.30 and Wis. Admin. Code Chapter NR 116. The ordinance regulates development in the Fox River floodplain and other Special Flood Hazard Areas mapped on the FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM). Districts include the Floodway, Flood-Fringe, and General Floodplain. A floodplain zoning permit is required before any structure, fill, or substantial improvement in the SFHA.
Flood Zone Rules in Waukesha
Some RestrictionsWis. Stat. Sec. 87.30(1)(a), (2)(a) - Floodplain Zoning
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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