Amherst County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision
Section 714
Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Applies near
- Flood Insurance Rate Map
- Geographic extent
- Areas of special flood hazard shown on the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) or included in the Flood Insurance Study (FIS) dated February 14, 2025
Extracted standards
2 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Flood-proofing required
Requiring all uses, activities, and developments situate in a flood hazard district to be flood-proofed against flooding and flood damage.
- Development in floodplainFloodplainLand expected to flood at a stated frequency, where building carries extra conditions.
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 Section 714
From the ordinance
These provisions shall apply to all privately and publicly owned lands within the jurisdiction of Amherst County and identified as areas of special flood hazard shown on the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) or included in the Flood Insurance Study (FIS) that are provided to the County by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and dated February 14, 2025.