FEMA flood zone rules in Lee's Summit, MO — also called floodplain regulations or special flood hazard area (SFHA) rules — determine flood insurance requirements and elevation standards for new construction.
Lee's Summit has enforced FEMA floodplain rules since joining the National Flood Insurance Program in 1978. A Floodplain Development Permit is required before any earthwork, fill, excavation, or tree clearing in a mapped special flood hazard area.
Lee's Summit administers floodplain management through its Unified Development Ordinance and has participated in the National Flood Insurance Program since 1978. Any work in a designated special flood hazard area, including earthwork, fill, excavation, and tree clearing, requires a Floodplain Development Permit from the City engineer before it begins. New and substantially improved structures must have their lowest floor elevated to or above base flood elevation. The Public Works Environmental Specialist serves as the floodplain contact. Flood risk is riverine, driven by the Little Blue River, its East Fork, and Cedar Creek.
Building, filling, or clearing in a special flood hazard area without a Floodplain Development Permit brings City enforcement, mandatory correction or removal, and higher or force-placed flood insurance.
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Lee's Summit does not regulate residential holiday decorations and requires no permit for them. Any holiday-related yard signs follow the city's temporary-si...
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Lee's Summit treats garage-sale signs as temporary signs. Stake signs are limited to 3 square feet each and 12 square feet total per property, must sit on pr...
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