Sacramento, CA Environmental Rules: Flood Zones (2026)

030 adopts the city's 1978 flood insurance study and the flood insurance rate maps and flood hazard boundary maps dated February 4, 1988, plus all later amendments, as part of the chapter, and directs that where this chapter conflicts with any other code provision or law, the more restrictive rule controls. 040 requires the property owner to apply to the local administrator (housed in the city utilities department's floodplain management section and the planning and development permit assistance center) for a flood hazard evaluation, submitting scaled plans, the proposed lowest-floor elevation, and, for certain projects, a California-licensed civil engineer's certification that the site is reasonably safe from flooding and that construction will not raise the base flood elevation by more than one foot.

810 finding before approving a development agreement, a discretionary permit that adds a new building or increases occupancy, a ministerial permit for a new residence, or a tentative or parcel map, whenever the project sits in a flood hazard zone. 040(H). Permanent structures, including sheds and fences, are barred from a city drainage, floodplain, or floodway easement without the local administrator's approval and a hold-harmless agreement. 080.