According to insurance agents, one of the greatest impediments to selling flood insurance is the difficulty of obtaining accurate data on the flood insurance rating zone and building elevations. All of the technical data an agent needs should be recorded on the FEMA Elevation Certificate. Before a Certificate of Occupancy is issued for a new or substantially improved insurable structure within the Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA), the City of Cedar Rapids will require a fully-executed Elevation Certificate, or Flood-Proofing Certificate. The City makes all Elevation and Floodproofing Certificates on file available upon request via the Development Services Department.
Elevation/Floodproofing certificates generated since 2013 can also be found for specific properties within the City’s Floodzone Viewer at http://crgis.cedar-rapids.org/FZV/index.html.