{"id":592,"date":"2024-09-17T12:30:49","date_gmt":"2024-09-17T16:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sugarcreekborough.us\/main\/?page_id=592"},"modified":"2024-09-17T12:42:41","modified_gmt":"2024-09-17T16:42:41","slug":"floodplain-management","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sugarcreekborough.us\/main\/zoning\/floodplain-management\/","title":{"rendered":"Floodplain Management"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This webpage is designed to educate and assist the Borough of Sugarcreek Residents and Businesses in identifying flood hazard areas, mitigating against flood hazards risk and connecting to state and federal resources.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is a flood?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A flood is when water overflows from a creek, storm water pipe, river or lake and flows onto land that is normally dry. Flooding can happen slowly over a long period of rain or it can happen in minutes like a Flash Flood. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is a floodplain?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A floodplain or Special Flood Hazard Area is an area of land adjacent to a water resource such as a creek or river that is prone to flooding. The floodplain can generally be broken down into two sections, the Floodway and the 1% Flood Hazard area (formally known as the 100-year Floodplain).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Is my property in a floodplain?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whenever you purchase a property or business it is important to determine if your property is in the Special Flood Hazard Area. This is important because being in the floodplain greatly increases your risk of flooding and could result in the need for flood insurance or improvements to prevent flooding damage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To determine if your property is in the Special Flood Plain Hazard Area use the link to the\u00a0FEMA Flood Map Service Center<\/a>. Once you are on the webpage, enter your properties address and click search.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Floodplain Ordinance and Policies<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Borough of Sugarcreek adopted its most current Floodplain Management Ordinance on December 4, 2013. Ordinance No. 276. Borough of Sugarcreek, through it’s Floodplain Ordinance, regulates any development in the 1% Flood Hazard Area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Floodplain Ordinance is administered by the Borough of Sugarcreek Floodplain Manager. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The management and policy procedures for permitting, substantial improvement and substantial damage can be\u00a0<\/a>found here<\/a>.\u00a0Any property seeking a building permit in the floodplain must be granted a floodplain permit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Documents<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/a><\/strong><\/a><\/a>SI\/SD Administrative Procedures<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Floodplain Permit<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Comprehensive Floodplain Submission Checklist<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/a><\/a><\/strong>Sample of Substantial Damage Worksheet<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sample of Substantial Improvement Worksheet<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sample Letter for Substantial Improvement Determination<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sample Letter for Substantial Damage Determination<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sample Letter for Non-Substantial Determination<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flood Insurance Information<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Substantial Improvement\/Substantial Damage Desk Reference<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NOAA Flooding Information<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Manage Floodplain Risk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/a>State Resources<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT This webpage is designed to educate and assist the Borough of Sugarcreek Residents and Businesses in identifying flood hazard areas, mitigating against flood hazards risk and connecting to state and federal resources.\u00a0 What is a flood? A flood is when water overflows from a creek, storm water pipe, river or lake and flows […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":37,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-592","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sugarcreekborough.us\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sugarcreekborough.us\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sugarcreekborough.us\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sugarcreekborough.us\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sugarcreekborough.us\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=592"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sugarcreekborough.us\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/592\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":596,"href":"https:\/\/sugarcreekborough.us\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/592\/revisions\/596"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sugarcreekborough.us\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sugarcreekborough.us\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}