Title IX — Floodplain Management Ordinance›Chapter 2 — DEFINITIONS
Sacramento County Zoning Code § 902-21 Flood Hazard Boundary Map
Sacramento County Zoning Code · 2026-06 edition · updated 2026-10-23 · Sacramento County
Cite as: Sacramento County Zoning Code § 902-21 · Text as of 2026-10-23
The official map on which the Federal Emergency Management Agency or Federal Insurance Administration has delineated the areas of flood hazards.
902.21.1. FLOOD HAZARD ZONE
An area subject to flooding that is delineated as either a Special Flood Hazard Area or an area of moderate hazard on an official Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The identification of flood hazard zones does not imply that areas outside the flood hazard zones, or uses permitted within flood hazard zones, will be free from flooding or flood damage.
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