Davie, FL Environmental Rules: Flood Zones (2026)
FEMA flood zone rules in Davie, FL, also called floodplain regulations or special flood hazard area (SFHA) rules, determine flood insurance requirements and elevation standards for new construction.
Key Facts
- Governing maps
- Broward Co. FIRM, Aug. 18 2014
- Permit required
- Before any development in flood zone
- Administrator
- Town Engineer
- Applies to
- Fill, grading, pools, manufactured homes
Summary
Any construction, fill, or grading wholly or partly within a FEMA-mapped flood hazard area in Davie requires a floodplain development permit under the town's Floodplain Management Ordinance before work can begin.
This article shall apply to all flood hazard areas within the Town of Davie as established in this section. ...The Flood Insurance Study for Broward County, Florida and Incorporated Areas dated August 18, 2014, and all subsequent amendments and revisions, and the accompanying flood insurance rate maps (FIRM), and all subsequent amendments and revisions to such maps, are adopted by reference as a part of this article and shall serve as the minimum basis for establishing flood hazard areas.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 75).
Full Breakdown
Chapter 12, Article XVI of the Davie Code, the Floodplain Management Ordinance, applies to every flood hazard area within the Town of Davie, using the FEMA Flood Insurance Study for Broward County (Aug. 18, 2014) and its accompanying Flood Insurance Rate Maps as the minimum basis for drawing those boundaries. Owners must obtain a floodplain development permit before any subdivision, fill, grading, utility work, or structure placement wholly or partly inside a mapped flood hazard area, per § 12-544(A). The article covers everything from swimming pools to manufactured homes and works alongside, not in place of, the Florida Building Code's flood provisions.
Violations & Fines
Undertaking development in a mapped flood hazard area without a floodplain permit, or violating permit conditions, is a misdemeanor under § 12-549 with fines up to $500 and 10 days jail per day of violation.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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