Pompano Beach, FL Hurricane Preparedness: Flood Elevation (2026)

29(C)(1), new construction and substantial improvement of residential buildings must have the lowest floor, including any basement, elevated to or above the base flood elevation plus one foot, or at least 18 inches above the highest point of the crown of all existing streets adjacent to the lot, whichever produces the higher elevation. Nonresidential buildings must be elevated or dry floodproofed to the Florida Building Code elevation or at least six inches above the adjacent street crown, whichever is higher. Critical facilities, such as emergency operations and public safety buildings, must be elevated or dry floodproofed to the base flood elevation plus two feet, the 500-year flood elevation, or 18 inches above the adjacent street crown, whichever is highest.

Enclosed areas below elevated buildings in special flood hazard areas may only be used for parking, limited storage, or building access, and cannot be temperature controlled, partitioned, or finished into rooms. Non-elevated accessory structures used only for parking or storage are capped at 600 square feet in Zone A/AE areas and 100 square feet in coastal high hazard Zone V/VE areas, must be anchored against flotation and lateral movement, and must use flood damage-resistant materials and elevated utility systems below the base flood elevation plus one foot.

32(G). 27, which requires proof that site-specific physical characteristics make the lot undevelopable without relief and a recorded statement acknowledging that federal flood insurance costs rise, in some cases as high as $25 per $100 of coverage, when the lowest floor sits below base flood elevation.