COMMUNITY INFORMATION

Building Codes

Safety is most important when building a home or business. Especially when it is in the SFHA. The CIty of Bay St. Louis has adopted the 2012 International Building Codes to ensure your safety, as well as that of your neighbors is met.

Click Image for more information and to view Ordinance No. 548 and the adoption of the building codes.

Elevation Certificate

An Elevation Certificate (EC) is an administrative tool of the NFIP which is to be used to provide elevation information necessary to ensure compliance with community floodplain management ordinances, and to determine the proper insurance premium rates.

An EC is required before a building permit can be issued to structures in the SFHA. A community's permit file must have an official record that shows new buildings elevations and all substantial improvements in the SFHA are properly elevated.

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The City also maintains a list of Elevation Certificates for properties throughout its jurisdictions. To search the list of older certificates, Click Here. For 2014 certificates, Click Here.

Community Rating System (CRS)

The City of Bay St. Louis participates in the National Flood Insurance Program's (NFIP) Community Rating System (CRS) which is a voluntary incentive program that recognizes and encourages community floodplain management activities that exceed minimum NFIP requirements.

As a result of these activites, Bay St. Louis currently is a Class 7 which gives residents and business owners in the Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) a 15% premium reduction on their flood insurance and a 5% reduction to those outside the SFHA.

Click Image for more CRS information. You can also follow this link for a quick look at the CRS Fact Sheet.