FEMA flood zone rules in Atlantic County, NJ — also called floodplain regulations or special flood hazard area (SFHA) rules — determine flood insurance requirements and elevation standards for new construction.
New Jersey's Flood Hazard Area Control Act, N.J.S.A. 58:16A-50 et seq., requires an NJDEP flood hazard area permit to build, fill, or disturb land in the flood hazard area or riparian zone of Atlantic County's tidal bays, rivers, and creeks.
Atlantic County took the brunt of Hurricane Sandy in 2012, and much of the barrier islands and bayfront lies in FEMA flood zones. The Act empowers NJDEP to regulate development in delineated flood hazard areas and floodways. Along Absecon Bay, Great Egg Harbor Bay, the Mullica River, and the Great Egg Harbor River, building, filling, grading, or clearing within the flood hazard area or riparian zone requires an NJDEP flood hazard area permit. Riparian zones extend 50, 150, or 300 feet from top of bank depending on the water's resource value.
Building or placing fill in the flood hazard area or riparian zone without an NJDEP permit, or below the required elevation, violates the Act, bringing stop-work orders, penalties, mandatory removal, and loss of flood-insurance eligibility.
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