Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Applies near
- FEMA 100-year floodplainFloodplainLand expected to flood at a stated frequency, where building carries extra conditions.
- Geographic extent
- Area within the 100-year floodplainFloodplainLand expected to flood at a stated frequency, where building carries extra conditions. that must carry the 100-year flood without increasing water surface elevation more than one foot at any point.
Uses
Permitted by right24
- general farming
- pasture
- grazing
- outdoor plant nurseries
- horticulture
- truck farming
- forestry
- sod farming
- wild crop harvesting
- parks
- day camps
- picnic grounds
- golf courses
- boat launching areas
- swimming areas
- hiking trails
- horseback riding trails
- wildlife preserves
- nature preserves
- game farms
- fish hatcheries
- trap and skeet game ranges
- hunting areas
- fishing areas
Conditional / special use7
Extracted standards
8 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Watercourse alteration permits
Permits from US Army Corps of Engineers and Virginia Marine Resources Commission required for alteration.
- Manufactured homeManufactured homeA dwelling built in a factory to a federal standard and transported to the site. elevation and anchoring
Manufactured homes must be elevated on permanent foundation and anchored.
- Elevation of lowest floor
Structures must be elevated to or above base flood elevation.
- No increase in 100-year flood elevation
No encroachments permitted unless demonstrated no increase in 100-year flood elevation.
- Site plan information
Applications must include lowest floor elevation, floodproofing elevation, 100-year flood elevation, and topographic info.
- Substantial improvement threshold
Improvements less than 50% of market value must be elevated/floodproofed; 50% or more must comply with building code.
- Recreational vehicle restrictions
Recreational vehicles must be on site fewer than 180 days and licensed, or meet elevation requirements.
- Zoning permit required
All uses, activities, and development require a zoning permit.
From the ordinance
In the floodway district, no encroachments, including fill, new construction, substantial improvements, or other development shall be permitted unless it has been demonstrated through hydrologic and hydraulic analyses performed in accordance with standard engineering practice that the proposed encroachment would not result in any increase in the 100-year flood elevation.