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Sussex County is Delaware's southernmost coastal county with extensive Atlantic Ocean and Delaware/Rehoboth/Indian River Bay shoreline. More than one-fifth of all properties are mapped within FEMA Special Flood Hazard Areas. Flood-prone development in unincorporated Sussex County is governed by Article XVIII (Flood-Prone Districts) of the Sussex County Zoning Code, adopted as Ordinance No. 2384 on January 20, 2015 and affirmed by FEMA in March 2015 along with countywide updated Flood Insurance Rate Maps. The ordinance brings the County into compliance with the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and offers a building-height bonus of up to two additional feet of structure height for every foot of voluntary freeboard above the Base Flood Elevation. State oversight is provided by DNREC's Floodplain Management Program, and incorporated municipalities (Lewes, Rehoboth Beach, Bethany Beach, Fenwick Island, etc.) administer their own ordinances and CRS participation.
Sussex County Ordinance No. 2384 (Jan. 20, 2015) - Flood Map Ordinance, Sussex County Zoning Code, Article XVIII "Flood Prone Districts"
Flood Map Ordinance This ordinance replaces the existing requirements for flood-prone districts contained in the Sussex County Zoning Code with current provisions as required by the Federal Emergency Management Agency for continued participation in the National Flood Insurance Program. This amendment gives greater guidance, and more detail, to those parties utilizing these requirements, includi...
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