Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Applies near
- FEMA 100-year floodplainFloodplainLand expected to flood at a stated frequency, where building carries extra conditions.
- Geographic extent
- Area of the 100-year floodplainFloodplainLand expected to flood at a stated frequency, where building carries extra conditions. not included in the floodway districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2..
Extracted standards
7 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.
- Compliance with floodproofing provisions
All development must comply with floodproofing provisions in Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code.
- 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.
- 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 flood fringe and approximated floodplain districts, the development and/or use of land shall be permitted in accordance with the regulations of the underlying district, provided that all such uses, activities and/or development shall be undertaken in strict compliance with the floodproofing and related provisions contained in the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code and all other applicable codes and ordinances.