Accomack County, Virginia · General provision

Article XV - Flood Hazard Overlay District

Dimensional standards

Servicing

Applies near
FIRM
Geographic extent
Areas of special flood hazard according to the flood insurance rate map (FIRM) provided by FEMA

Extracted standards

3 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.

Floodplain

  • No land shall hereafter be developed and no structure shall be located, relocated, constructed, reconstructed, enlarged, or structurally altered except in full compliance with the terms and provisions of this article and any other applicable ordinances and regulations which apply to uses within the jurisdiction of this article.

  • Floodproofing required

    Requiring all those uses, activities, and developments that do occur in floodprone districts to be protected and/or floodproofed against flooding and flood damage

  • More restrictive provisions apply

    If there is any conflict between the provisions or requirements of the floodplain districts and those of any underlying district, the more restrictive provisions and/or those pertaining to the floodplain districts shall apply.

From the ordinance

The floodplain districts described in subsection 106-364(a) shall be overlays to the existing underlying districts as shown on the official zoning ordinance map
Article XV - Flood Hazard Overlay District