Flood Protection

Build Responsibly

Determine if the lot and building presently meet the setback for new construction.
Always check with the Inspections Department before you build on, alter, degrade or fill on your property.

Drainage System Maintenance Guidelines:

No Dumping.
Check your downspout—drain away from the house.
Only rain goes down the drain.
Protect our natural resources and protect yourself from flooding due to drain blockage by reporting illegal activities to NTB Code Enforcement 910-328-1349.

Hurricane Preparedness Before Hurricane Season

Become familiar with your Evacuation Zone, the evacuation route, and shelter locations.
Residents and Property Managers, have reentry pass ready. Click here for re-entry pass information..

Insure Your Property

Insure your property for your flood hazard.

Know Your Flood Hazard

There are three basic coastal zones and one new zone in the new NFIP maps. The flood zone X is considered to be a low risk of flooding. VE zones or Coastal High Hazard Areas are zones where high velocity wave action accompanies the storm surge and can cause severe damage to buildings. AE zones are areas affected by storm surge but where wave action is diminished or absent. For the first time FEMA has established another area within the AE zone called the Limit of Moderate Wave Action or LIMWA. These moderate waves can cause damage to buildings, though they are not as damaging as the waves expected in the VE zone. Communities that adopt the Limit of Moderate Wave Action as a higher regulatory standard may earn flood insurance rate discounts.

Program for Public Information About the Program

In support of the Town's Community Rating System (CRS) participation, the Board of Aldermen appointed the Planning Board members, local insurance agents and a local lender as founding members of the Program for Public Information (PPI) Committee on March 5, 2015.

The purpose is the PPI is to improve communication with citizens, and to provide information about flood hazards, flood safety, flood insurance and ways to protect property and natural floodplain functions.

Protect People

Protect people from flood hazard.

Prepare your family (FEMA “Know Your Risks brochure).
Do not walk through flood waters.
Do not drive through a flooded area.
Stay away from power lines and electrical wires.

Turn around, don't drown!

Most flood fatalities happen because people try to drive through deadly waters rather than avoid them. (Source: Federal Emergency Management Agency, 2005)

Protect Your Property

Protect your property from the hazard.

Protect the Floodplain

Protect the natural and beneficial functions of the floodplain.

To learn more about the importance of protecting floodplains for people and wildlife, visit the National Wildlife Federation.

For information about areas that should be protected because of their natural floodplain functions contact the Planning Department at (910) 328-1349.

Flood Protection

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