Canadian County Permit Office / Floodplain Administrator

Floodplain Development Permit (FEMA Special Flood Hazard Areas, unincorporated Canadian County)

The county Floodplain Management page states that "A permit is required for any development in the Canadian County floodplains", meaning development in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area in unincorporated Canadian County. A business of any of the ten industry types building or expanding on such a site applies to the Floodplain Administrator at the Permit Office. The fees are set by a county resolution, the "Resolution to Amend Fees For Floodplain Management", passed by the Canadian County Floodplain Board on June 5, 2023 and by the Board of County Commissioners on June 12, 2023, and filed with the County Clerk on June 12, 2023 as document no. 230502; it is the document the Floodplain Management page links as "Permit Fees (PDF)". It sets a Commercial permit at $250, a Non-residential, Non-Commercial permit at $50, Residential at $100, Multi-Family Residential at $500 and Oil and Gas (well sites, pipelines, etc.) at $500, with permit extensions for all permits at one-half of the permit fee. The resolution recites 82 O.S. § 1604, which caps the permit fee at $500. The county application form lists NFIP Community Number 400485 and states that the lowest floor must be elevated two (2) feet above the base flood elevation (Chapter 5, Section 5.2). The Canadian County Permit Office page states: "Canadian County, excluding areas deemed as Special Flood Hazard Areas (SFHA), does not at this time have any codes that restrict the use or development of property located in the Unincorporated portions of the County. A permit is required if you are within a county maintained right-of-way or a FEMA identified SFHA." Ask the Permit Office at 405-295-6140.