Dade City, FL Environmental Rules: Flood Zones (2026)

Section 50-2 sets a broad scope: the chapter applies to subdivision of land, filling and grading, site improvements, utility work, construction or alteration of buildings and structures exempt from the Florida Building Code, manufactured home placement, tank installation, recreational vehicle placement, swimming pool installation, and any other development wholly or partly within a flood hazard area. Section 50-8 confirms the chapter applies to all flood hazard areas established under § 50-9, which adopts the Flood Insurance Study for Pasco County and Incorporated Areas dated September 26, 2014, and its accompanying FIRM maps by reference; those maps and studies are kept on file at the Dade City Building Department, 14150 5th Street.

Before any covered activity begins, § 50-23 requires the owner or an authorized agent to apply to the floodplain administrator, and the building official where applicable, and obtain the required permit or approval. The floodplain administrator, who is the Dade City Building Official under § 50-14, can suspend or revoke a permit issued in error or on incomplete information (§ 50-29), and issuance of a permit doesn't excuse noncompliance with the Florida Building Code or any other city ordinance (§ 50-27). 5(B) states the flood plain protection standards "can be found as an Appendix to these LDRs," so the operative permitting mechanics Dade City actually applies to flood-zone development are these Code chapter 50 provisions, not LDR body text.