Franklin County, FL Hurricane Preparedness: Flood Elevation (2026)

5-296) sets manufactured-home standards for flood hazard areas in unincorporated Franklin County. 8249 and compliance with Florida Administrative Code Chapter 15C-1, and separately notes that, under the county zoning ordinance, manufactured and mobile homes are barred outright from the barrier islands and coastal high hazard areas (Zone V). 5-292 requires a permanent, reinforced foundation meeting Florida Building Code foundation standards. 5-293 requires the home to be securely anchored against flotation, collapse or lateral movement, commonly with over-the-top or frame ties to ground anchors, in addition to separate wind-anchoring requirements.

5-294 then sets the elevation floor itself: the lowest floor of a new, replacement or substantially improved manufactured home in a flood hazard area must sit at or above the base flood elevation plus one foot, a full foot higher than the two-foot-above-grade default the county otherwise uses for unmapped Zone A parcels. 5-296 applies that same section to utility equipment such as electrical, HVAC and plumbing service serving the home.