Notice of Public Hearing improvement of any commercial, industrial, or non-residential building (or manufactured home) shall have the lowest floor, PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Jackson County including basement, elevated to or above the base flood Board of Supervisors shall hold a public hearing on Monday, elevation. Buildings located in all A-Zones may be flood- July 20, 2026, at 9:00 a.m., at the Board of Supervisors Meeting proofed in lieu of being elevated provided that all areas of the Room, 2915 Canty Street, Pascagoula, Mississippi, regarding building below the base flood elevation are water tight with the Jackson County Planning Commission’s recommendation walls substantially impermeable to the passage of water, and to amend the Jackson County Flood Damage Prevention use structural components having the capability of resisting Ordinance affecting the unincorporated areas of Jackson hydrostatic and hydrodynamic loads and the effect of buoyancy. County as follows: CHANGE TO READ: (1) ARTICLE 2. DEFINITIONS Commercial / Industrial. New construction or substantial CURRENT: improvement or any commercial, industrial, or non-residential Freeboard means a factor of safety, usually expressed in feet building shall have the lowest floor, including basement, above the BFE, which is applied for the purposes of floodplain elevated to at least one (1) foot above the Base Flood Elevation management. It is used to compensate for the many unknown (BFE), or together with attendant utility and sanitary facilities factors that could contribute to flood heights greater than those be designed so that below one (1) foot above the Base calculated for the base flood. Flood Elevation (BFE) the structure is watertight with walls substantially impermeable to the passage of water. CHANGE TO READ: Freeboard means a factor of safety, usually expressed in feet (8) ARTICLE 5. PROVISIONS FOR FLOOD HAZARD above a flood level, for purposes of floodplain management. REDUCTION Freeboard tends to compensate for the many unknown factors SECTION B. SPECIFIC STANDARDS FOR RIVERINE ZONES that could contribute to flood heights greater than those (3) ELEVATED BUILDINGS WITH ENCLOSURES BELOW calculated for the base blood and floodway conditions, such as BFE. wave action, debris lockage of bridge openings and culverts, CURRENT: and the hydrologic and hydraulic effects of urbanization of the Elevated Buildings with Enclosures Below BFE. New watershed. construction or substantial improvements of elevated buildings that include fully enclosed areas formed by foundation and (2) ARTICLE 5. PROVISIONS FOR FLOOD HAZARD other exterior walls below the base flood elevations shall be REDUCTION designed to preclude finished living space and designed to SECTION A. GENERAL STANDARDS FOR ALL ZONES allow for the entry and exit of floodwaters to automatically (5) equalize hydrostatic flood forces on exterior walls. CURRENT: Electrical, heating, ventilation plumbing, air conditioning CHANGE TO READ: equipment and other service facilities shall be designed and/ Elevated Buildings with Enclosures Below BFE. New or located so as to prevent water from entering or accumulating construction or substantial improvements of elevated buildings within the components during conditions of flooding, such that include fully enclosed areas formed by foundation and facilities shall be located at or above the base flood elevation. other exterior walls below the base flood elevations shall be designed to preclude finished living space and designed to CHANGE TO READ: allow for the entry and exit of floodwaters to automatically Electrical, heating, ventilation plumbing, air conditioning equalize hydrostatic flood forces on exterior walls. The lowest equipment and other service facilities shall be designed and/ floor reference shall be interpreted as at least one (1) foot or located so as to prevent water from entering or accumulating above the Base Flood Elevation (BFE) where applicable. within the components during conditions of flooding, such facilities shall be located at or above the base flood elevation (9) ARTICLE 5. PROVISIONS FOR FLOOD HAZARD plus one (1) foot of freeboard. REDUCTION SECTION B. SPECIFIC STANDARDS FOR RIVERINE ZONES (3) ARTICLE 5. PROVISIONS FOR FLOOD HAZARD (6) Standards for Manufactured Homes and Recreational REDUCTION Vehicles. SECTION A. GENERAL STANDARDS FOR ALL ZONES (a) (11) CURRENT: CURRENT: All manufactured homes to be placed or substantially improved When new construction and substantial improvements are within zoned A1-A30 and AH shall be elevated on a permanent located in multiple flood zones or in a flood zone with multiple foundation such that the lowest floor of the manufactured home base flood elevations, they shall meet the requirement for the is at or above the base flood elevation and shall be securely more stringent flood zone and the highest base flood elevation. anchored to an adequately anchored foundation. CHANGE TO READ: CHANGE TO READ: When new construction and substantial improvements are All manufactured homes to be placed or substantially improved located in multiple flood zones or in a flood zone with multiple within zoned A1-A30 and AH shall be elevated on a permanent base flood elevations, they shall meet the requirement for the foundation such that the lowest floor of the manufactured home more stringent flood zone and the highest base flood elevation is at least one (1) foot above the Base Flood Elevation (BFE) plus one (1) foot of freeboard. and shall be securely anchored to an adequately anchored foundation. (4) ARTICLE 5. PROVISIONS FOR FLOOD HAZARD REDUCTION (10) ARTICLE 5. PROVISIONS FOR FLOOD HAZARD SECTION A. GENERAL STANDARDS FOR ALL ZONES REDUCTION (13) SECTION B. SPECIFIC STANDARDS FOR RIVERINE ZONES CURRENT: (6) Standards for Manufactured Homes and Recreational New construction and substantial improvements built on fill Vehicles. shall be constructed on properly designed and compacted fill (a) General Standards that extends beyond the building walls before dropping below (ii) the base elevation and shall have appropriate protection from CURRENT: erosion and scour. Have its lowest floor elevated no lower than the base flood elevation. CHANGE TO READ: New construction and substantial improvements built on fill CHANGE TO READ shall be constructed on properly designed and compacted fill Have its lowest floor elevated to at least one (1) foot above the that extends beyond the building walls before dropping below Base Flood Elevation (BFE). the base elevation plus one (1) foot of freeboard and shall have appropriate protection from erosion and scour. (11) ARTICLE 5. PROVISIONS FOR FLOOD HAZARD REDUCTION (5) ARTICLE 5. PROVISIONS FOR FLOOD HAZARD SECTION B. SPECIFIC STANDARDS FOR RIVERINE ZONES REDUCTION (6) Standards for Manufactured Homes and Recreational SECTION A. GENERAL STANDARDS FOR ALL ZONES Vehicles. (14) (1) SPECIFIC STANDARDS CURRENT: CURRENT: None All manufactured homes to be placed or substantially improved within zones A1-A30 and AH shall be elevated on a permanent CHANGE TO READ: foundation such that the lowest floor of the manufactured home New construction and substantial improvements shall have the is at least one (1) foot above the Base Flood Elevation (BFE). lowest floor elevated to or above the base flood elevation plus one (1) foot of freeboard. (12) ARTICLE 5. PROVISIONS FOR FLOOD HAZARD REDUCTION (6) ARTICLE 5. PROVISIONS FOR FLOOD HAZARD SECTION E. COASTAL HIGH HAZARD AREAS REDUCTION (1)(a) SECTION B. SPECIFIC STANDARDS FOR RIVERINE ZONES CURRENT: (1) RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION The bottom of the lowest horizontal structural member of the CURRENT: lowest floor (excluding the pilings or columns) shall be elevated Residential Construction. New construction or substantial on pilings or above the base flood elevation. improvement of any residential building (or manufactured home) shall have the lowest floor, including basement, elevated CHANGE TO READ: to or above the base flood elevation. The bottom of the lowest horizontal structural member of the lowest floor (excluding the pilings or columns) shall be elevated CHANGE TO READ: to at least one (1) foot above the Base Flood Elevation (BFE). Residential Construction. New construction or substantial improvement of any residential building (or manufactured DATED, this the 17th day of June, 2026. home) shall have the lowest floor, including basement, elevated to at least one (1) foot above the Base Flood Elevation (BFE). ATTEST: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF (7) ARTICLE 5. PROVISIONS FOR FLOOD HAZARD REDUCTION JACKSON COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI SECTION B. SPECIFIC STANDARDS FOR RIVERINE ZONES (2) COMMERICAL/INDUSTRIAL ___Josh Eldridge_________ CURRENT: Josh Eldridge, Clerk of the Board Commercial / Industrial. New construction or substantial By: __Ennit Morris__________ Ennit Morris, President