Amherst County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Section 713

Dimensional standards

Servicing

Geographic extent
Applies to areas within dam break inundation zones mapped in accordance with state law.

Extracted standards

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

Other

  • Dam break inundation zone review

    For any proposed development having a location within the boundaries of a dam break inundation zone that has been mapped in accordance with state law, the county shall, as part of a subdivision plan or plat review: 1. Review the dam break inundation zone map on file with the county for the affected impounding structure; 2. Notify the dam owner of the proposed development and county review; and 3. Within ten (10) days of the review start date, ask the department of conservation and recreation to identify the potential impacts of the proposed development on the spillway design flood standards required of the dam.

  • Payment for dam upgrades

    the county shall require that a developer or subdivider of land pay fifty (50) percent of the contract-ready costs for necessary upgrades to an impounding structure attributable to the development or subdivision, together with administrative fees not to exceed one (1) percent of the total amount of payment required or one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), whichever is less.

From the ordinance

The purpose of this district is to help mitigate the potential for damage resulting from the failure of impounding structures within dam break inundation zones.
Section 713