Bulloch County, GA Hurricane Preparedness: Flood Elevation (2026)

Bulloch County Code § 7-36(2) requires manufactured homes in special flood hazard areas to be anchored to prevent flotation, collapse, or lateral movement, using methods including over-the-top or frame ties to ground anchors, applied in addition to the state's wind-resistance anchoring requirements, a standard aimed squarely at hurricane and tropical storm wind and surge events. Section 7-37(3) then sets the elevation rule: where base flood elevation data exist, manufactured homes placed on individual lots, in new or expanded manufactured home parks, or replacing a home that suffered flood damage, must have the lowest floor, including any basement, elevated no lower than two feet above the base flood elevation.

Homes going into an existing manufactured home park or subdivision get an alternative: elevate the lowest floor two feet above base flood elevation, or support the chassis on reinforced piers or equivalent foundation elements at least 36 inches above grade. Every manufactured home must still be securely anchored to a foundation system that resists flotation, collapse, and lateral movement regardless of which elevation method is used. Recreational vehicles on flood-hazard sites must either be licensed and ready for highway use with no permanent attachments, meet the same anchoring and elevation standards as new construction, or stay on the site fewer than 180 consecutive days, so a mobile home owner cannot dodge the flood-elevation rule by claiming RV status for a unit parked there long-term.