Planning Commission News and Events
Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs)
The revised floodplain maps for Christian County, KY are effective as of September 17, 2008. Maps of properties may be viewed and printed at http://msc.fema.gov. Larger FIRM panel hardcopies are available for viewing at the CDS office M-F, 8-5:00.
To obtain a digital copy of the revised Flood Insurance Study, engineers or surveyors may call CDS at (270) 887-4285 or email Peter Wood at pwood@hccpc.com.
If you have a mortgage from a federally-regulated lender and the building(s) are within the SFHA, then by federal law, your lender must require you to carry flood insurance when the FIRM became effective on September 17, 2008. Flood insurance is available through the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). For more information on flood insurance, visit the National Flood Insurance Program’s website, www.floodsmart.gov.
To help increase awareness of the relationship between stormwater runoff, storm drains and water quality, several scouts of Troop 123 participated in a Storm Drain Labeling event in downtown Hopkinsville. Read more...
Hopkinsville Wins KLC Enterprise Cities Award for its
Inner City Residential Enterprise Zone
The City of Hopkinsville was awarded the Enterprise Cities Award by the Kentucky League of Cities for the development and implementation of the Inner City Residential Enterprise Zone. Read more...