Edinburg, TX Environmental Rules: Flood Elevation Requirements (2026)
Key Facts
- Required freeboard
- 6 inches above BFE
- Governing section
- UDC Sec. 6.107(A)
- Applies to
- Homes, manufactured homes, nonresidential
- Permit
- Floodplain Development Permit required
- Enacted
- Ord. 2022-4764 (Aug 2022)
Summary
New homes in Edinburg's floodplain must have their lowest finished floor, including any basement, elevated at least six inches above the base flood elevation. The same six-inch freeboard applies to the access roads serving those residential buildings.
Residential Buildings. In addition to the standards set out in Sec. 6.106, General Standards, residential buildings (except mobile homes and manufactured homes) shall be elevated so that the lowest finished floor (including basement) is at least six inches above the base flood elevation. Access to residential buildings shall be provided by roads that are no lower than six inches above the base flood elevation.
Full Breakdown
Under Unified Development Code Sec. 6.107(A), Specific Standards, residential buildings in a special flood hazard area (other than mobile and manufactured homes) must be elevated so the lowest finished floor, including basement, sits at least six inches above the base flood elevation. Manufactured homes (Sec. 6.107(B)) and nonresidential buildings (Sec. 6.107(D)) carry the same six-inch requirement, and nonresidential structures may instead be dry-floodproofed below BFE. Edinburg's Floodplain Administrator in the Engineering Department enforces the standard through the Floodplain Development Permit required before any floodplain construction. The rule was adopted by Ord. No. 2022-4764.
Violations & Fines
Building, filling, or placing a structure in the floodplain without a Floodplain Development Permit, or below the six-inch elevation, violates the UDC; the Floodplain Administrator can deny permits and certificates and require the structure to be elevated.
Frequently Asked Questions
How high must a new Edinburg home sit above the flood level?
Does the six-inch elevation rule apply to businesses and manufactured homes?
Sources & Official References
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