Getting flood zone status lifted by Fema

[Chris Masons]

Has anyone had success in getting a property out of a flood zone after having work done to the property IE. raising a part of all of the landscape so that it sits above base flood plane?

Once this work is done there needs to be a LOMA submitted to FEMA.

Looking for anyone who has been through this before and how long FEMA can take to respond?

thx in advance,
Chris

[J Scott]

I've done a LOMR on 2 residential properties...

The process is as follows:

1. Get an elevation survey done by a surveyor. This costs us $400-450 depending on the property.

2. Have the surveyor determine whether the property is mis-classified by FEMA and is actually in a different flood zone.

3. If so, have the surveyor file a Letter of Map Revision (LOMR) with FEMA requesting reclassification and revision of the flood map. This costs about $500 (don't remember exactly) and takes about 4-6 weeks if done electronically.