FEMA flood zone rules in Sumner County, TN — also called floodplain regulations or special flood hazard area (SFHA) rules — determine flood insurance requirements and elevation standards for new construction.
Sumner County enforces FEMA floodplain standards through its flood damage prevention provisions. A development permit is required before building or filling in a mapped special flood hazard area.
Sumner County participates in the National Flood Insurance Program and administers floodplain management under Article X of its zoning resolution, the flood damage prevention provisions. Development, fill, or substantial improvement within a FEMA special flood hazard area needs a development permit first. New and substantially improved structures must have their lowest floor elevated to or above base flood elevation, documented by an elevation certificate. Flood risk here is driven by the Cumberland River, Old Hickory Lake, and creeks like Bledsoe and Station Camp. The county's FIRM panels are dated September 26, 2006.
Building or filling in a special flood hazard area without a development permit brings county enforcement, mandatory correction or removal, and higher or force-placed flood insurance.
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