FEMA flood zone rules in Sunrise, FL — also called floodplain regulations or special flood hazard area (SFHA) rules — determine flood insurance requirements and elevation standards for new construction.
Most of low-lying Sunrise sits in FEMA flood zones. The city's Floodplain Management Ordinance requires construction elevated to base flood elevation, and its Community Rating System participation earns residents a 15% flood-insurance discount.
Sunrise enforces its Floodplain Management Ordinance, Land Development Code Sec. 16-201 through 16-210 (Ord. 402-14-J, effective August 1, 2014; amended June 2024). It adopts the FEMA Flood Insurance Study for Broward County dated July 31, 2024, and the accompanying Flood Insurance Rate Maps. Development in a Special Flood Hazard Area must meet the flood-resistant construction requirements of the Florida Building Code and ASCE 24, with the city engineer serving as floodplain administrator. Any substantial improvement, meaning work costing 50% or more of a building's market value, triggers full elevation compliance. Sunrise's Community Rating System participation earns a 15% flood-insurance premium discount citywide.
Building below base flood elevation or without a floodplain permit: retroactive compliance, elevation, and fines. Substantial-improvement work must fully comply with current flood standards before it can be finalized.
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