Village of Essex Jct. Joins National Flood Insurance Program

At their 11/8/11 meeting, the Trustees adopted a resolution to join the National Flood Insurance Program. Maps effective in July 2011 were used to determine that Essex Junction has a total of eight sites impacted by flood hazard areas, including two commercial sites, two health care sites, one industrial site and three multi-family sites. In order to get federal flood insurance, which is much less expensive than private coverage, a municipality must be in the NFIP.  Further, FDIC loans cannot be made for a structure in a flood hazard area unless the municipality is in the NFIP.  A municipality must adopt flood hazard regulations and Essex Junction's Land Development Code regulations have been updated accordingly.

The Village was officially enrolled in the NFIP on April 12, 2012:

Letter from FEMA re: NFIP 4-23-12

Application for National Flood Ins. Program

Interim Flood Hazard Area Regulations for NFIP

Trustees Resolution NFIP 11-8-11

Flood Map Zone A

Flood Map Zone AE