SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AREA REGULATIONS REVISED
On March 17, 2009, the City Council approved revisions to the City of San Jose’s Special Flood Hazard Area Regulations to abide by the California Department of Water Resources audit recommendations and to adopt the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s new Digital Flood Insurance Rate Maps (DFIRM) as the standard for determining Special Flood Hazard Areas. Some properties will be added to the 100-year flood zone as a result of adoption of the new DFIRMs as of the effective date of May 18, 2009. Click on the attachments below to see the revised Regulations, the City Council memo, and Panels 3, 4, 5, 10 and 15 that show areas of the added properties within the City of San Jose.
Revised Regulations, City Council Memo
Index Map, Panel 3, Panel 4, Panel 5, Panel 10, Panel 15
For information regarding flood zones, flood insurance or the SFHA regulations, you can call the Flood Info Line at (408) 535-7803, or email to Floodzoneinfo@sanjoseca.gov
FLOOD MAPS REVISED
The second phase of the flood map revision that reflects the completion of the Guadalupe River flood protection improvements was issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and was effective as of October 25, 2006. More information about this map revision is contained in the letters sent out to affected property owners.
LOMR issued by Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in PDF format
PDF copies of the revised maps are available by clicking on the map below (each box represents a separately scanned flood map)
If your property is within the revised area and shown on the map as Zone X, you may be eligible for a refund of your current flood insurance policy. See the refund instructions included in the letter you received from the Santa Clara Valley Water District.
For other flood zones, please check the flood zone definitions on the legend located on the right-hand side of each map panel.
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