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North Chicago fronts Lake Michigan and is drained by ravines and small creeks running east to the lake. Low-lying areas near those channels and the shoreline can fall within FEMA Special Flood Hazard Areas where an Elevation Certificate is relevant.
A FEMA Elevation Certificate documents your building’s elevation relative to the Base Flood Elevation on the FEMA flood map. Insurers use it to rate flood policies and communities use it to confirm floodplain compliance; it can also support a Letter of Map Amendment (LOMA) to remove a structure from a flood zone.
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North Chicago has about 30,759 residents in Waukegan Township (also Shields Township), part of Lake County, whose seat is Waukegan. The Lake Michigan shoreline and local drainageways create mapped floodplain, and a licensed surveyor’s Elevation Certificate documents a structure’s lowest-floor elevation relative to the Base Flood Elevation. That record supports accurate flood-insurance rating, floodplain-development permit compliance, and a Letter of Map Amendment. North Chicago survey documents are recorded through the Recording Division of the Lake County Clerk’s Office.
Parcels in mapped shoreline or ravine flood hazard areas of North Chicago can need one to document elevation against the Base Flood Elevation for insurance and permits.
To rate or lower flood insurance, confirm floodplain-permit compliance, and support a Letter of Map Amendment.
It is the lowest enclosed floor, including a basement, which FEMA compares to the Base Flood Elevation.
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Pi Surveying, located in Oak Brook, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois, is a professional land surveying design firm that provides land surveys for both the private and commercial sector.