The City of Centennial’s Land Development Code (LDC) outlines allowed uses of the Floodplain and the process for obtaining a Flood Development Permit. The specific sections called out below govern the uses of the 100-year floodplain, which includes the flood fringe and floodway (see Figure 1, components of the 100-year floodplain. Staff in the SEMSWA Floodplain Group have access to the most recent floodplain information and should be contacted with any questions regarding the floodplain, designated SFHA (Special Flood Hazard Areas are identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency on the “Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM)” and in the “Flood Insurance Study (FIS)” dated December 17, 2010), Flood Fringe, and/or Floodways. The following LDC Sections prohibit and enforce violations associated with the floodplain.

• LDC, Division 7-2, Section 12-7-202 Use of Floodplains, Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA), Flood Fringe and Floodways lists the permitted uses and restrictions of land that is within the floodplain, special flood hazard area (SFHA), flood fringe or floodway, and performance standards for those uses. All uses of the floodplain and SFHA shall comply with applicable floodplain management regulations contained in Division 7-3, Floodplain Management and Flood Damage Prevention, as may be amended from time to time and the SEMSWA Stormwater Management Manual.
• LDC, Division 7-2, Section 12-7-303, General Provisions, states, “No structure or land may be constructed, located, extended, converted, or altered without full compliance with the terms of Article 7, Open Space, Floodplain Management, and Environmental Quality, and other applicable regulations. Where  Article 7, Open Space, Floodplain Management, and Environmental Quality, conflicts or overlaps with another Section, easement, covenant, or deed restriction enforceable by the City, whichever imposes the more stringent restrictions shall prevail.
• LDC, Division 7-3, Floodplain Management and Flood Damage Prevention, sets out the technical standards and restrictions for development within the floodplain and special flood hazard areas within the City and should be referenced in conjunction with Article 12-14-206 for violations associated with a Floodplain Development Permit.
• LDC, Division 15-2, Section 12-15-201, Violations provide the City with charging language for violations of the LDC and states, “Each calendar day of a continuing violation shall be counted as a separate violation of this LDC.”
• LDC, Division 15-3, Section 12-15-302, Immediate Orders, Permit Holds and Judicial Remedies, provides the enforcement tools that can be used to enforce violations of the LDC.