Floodplain

Select the permit that best fits your project:

A floodplain permit is required before construction or development begins within any Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA). This is both a federal and state rule found in the Code of Federal Regulations (44 CFR § 60.3) and the Colorado Revised Statues (C.R.S. 29-20-104) and (C.R.S 30-28-11). Development means any man-made change to improved or unimproved real estate, including but not limited to buildings or other structures, mining, dredging, filling, grading, paving, excavation or drilling operations or storage of equipment or materials. (44 CFR § 59.1) This includes things that do not normally require permits in Weld County, such as fences, small sheds, lean-tos, temporary items and outdoor storage of personal items.

Floodplain (FP) - minor work on a structure in the floodplain, such as furnace, water heater or A/C unit, a remodel that is less than 50% of the value of the structure or replacing a well pump for an agriculturally-exempt irrigation system.

Flood hazard development permit (FHDP) - anything else that falls under the definition of development or construction.