Proposed FEMA Flood Insurance Maps - Appeal Period 9/1/23-12/1/23

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has issued the Federal Insurance Flood Maps, and the Town of Millis will be required to adopt a revised zoning bylaw to accompany them.  There is a 90-day appeal period, starting 9/1/23, when the Town may appeal the proposed flood hazard information on the preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM) and Flood Insurance Study (FIS) report, as may ANY owner/lessee of real property who believes his or her property rights will be adversely affected by the proposed flood hazard determinations. 

For more information regarding flood maps go to https://www.floodsmart.gov/all-about-flood-maps

If you would like to appeal, please send your request to:

Robert Weiss, Millis Economic Development and Planning Director

rweiss@millisma.gov

FEMA has posted digital copies of these revised Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM) and Flood Insurance Study (FIS) report materials for Norfolk County to the following website:   https://hazards.fema.gov/femaportal/prelimdownload/.

• Millis Map #1
• Millis Map #2
• Millis Map #3
• Millis Map #4 
• Millis Map #5

We received the following notifications from FEMA:

• FEMA Notification 1
• FEMA Notification 2
• FEMA Notification 3 
• FEMA Notification 4