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Basement Flood Help by Location Around Annapolis, MD
The permit office and water records for 10 places near you.
Basement flooding in Annapolis areas splits along the city line, and a mailing address hides that line. You can look at 2 bills: the provider named on your water bill and the government named on your tax bill.
Anne Arundel basement flood help follows those same 2 checks at every address. Your restoration company asks where your home sits, because repairs that need a permit go through the office for that address.
10 Places Around Annapolis
Each page states the county, ZIP codes, permit office, utilities, and flood records for your place.
Why Your Mailing Address Does Not Set Your Office
An Annapolis mailing address does not prove your home sits inside city limits. By 2020 Census land area, 19% of ZIP 21401 and 36.7% of ZIP 21403 lie in the city.
ZIP 21409 mails as Annapolis and holds no city land, which includes Cape St. Claire. ZIP 21405 at Sherwood Forest lies in no Census place, so its addresses use county offices.
Read Your Water Bill to Find Your Provider
Look for your provider's name on your water bill. When the name reads City of Annapolis, the city reports 12,200 water accounts and 11,200 sewer accounts.
When the name reads Anne Arundel County, look to the county Department of Public Works, which operates public water and wastewater systems. When it reads Sherwood Forest Water Company, US EPA lists a private community system with 341 connections.
You check the county water map when no water bill reaches you. That map lists No Public Service on 76.9% of classified land in Crownsville, and small parts of Annapolis Neck on city water.
The provider changes who you report a main or sewer problem to. At a City address, the City makes the property owner responsible for the cleanout and backwater valve. City guidance says not to connect a sump pump to the sewer.
Read Your Tax Bill to Find Your Permit Office
Look for the City of Annapolis on your property tax bill. When the City appears, start with the City permit office, and when only Anne Arundel County appears, start with the county office.
Maryland SDAT parcel records show town code 001 on parcels inside the city. Parole needs this check, because a civic history records a 1951 annexation there while the Census lists an unincorporated Parole place.
The City of Annapolis Department of Planning and Zoning sits at 145 Gorman Street, 3rd Floor, at 410-260-2200. It takes applications through its Citizen Self Service portal. Anne Arundel County Inspections and Permits runs its Permit Center at 2664 Riva Road, Annapolis.
Tell your restoration company which name you found on your tax bill. The permit office for your address sets the permit and inspection steps for your repairs.
How Basement and Floodplain Records Differ by Place
Your place changes the share of residential buildings with a basement and the share of land in the 1% annual chance floodplain. These 10 records come from Maryland SDAT residential buildings and the 2015 flood map layer:
- West Annapolis: 88.1% of buildings have a basement in the SDAT subdivision named Wardour, and 65.6% in the city part of ZIP 21401.
- Eastport: 53.5% in the city part of ZIP 21403, an area wider than Eastport, and the City names Eastport for coastal flooding.
- Annapolis Neck: 57.0% basements, with 12.6% floodplain land, the highest share here.
- Sherwood Forest: 78.2% basements in ZIP 21405, with a median year built of 1950.
- Arnold: 66.5% basements, with 3.2% floodplain land.
- Severna Park: 76.5% basements, with 3.6% floodplain land.
- Edgewater: 25.8% basements, the lowest share here, with 5.5% floodplain land.
- Crownsville: 81.0% basements, with 3.9% floodplain land.
- Cape St. Claire: 45.0% basements, another 29.8% split foyer, with 3.7% floodplain land.
- Parole: 58.9% basements, with 3.6% floodplain land.
Electric and Gas Contacts Across the County
BGE provides electric and gas service in Anne Arundel County, per the Maryland Office of People's Counsel. You reach BGE at (877) 778-2222 for electric outages and downed wires, and at (877) 778-7798 for gas odors and gas emergencies.
Ask a restoration company about your street when you call, with your water provider and permit office in hand.
(410) 755-8694The facts on this page come from 20 public documents, among them records from US Census Bureau, MD Dept. of Planning / SDAT (MD iMAP), and West Annapolis Civic Association. The basement facts and their sources page lists each one with its check date.
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