Section 12 - FP Flood Plain District
Uses
Permitted by right22
- agriculture
- forestry
- truck garden
- orchard
- nursery
- turf farming
- livestock raising
- stand for sale of products
- open-type recreational use
- golf course
- driving range
- archery range
- tennis court
- camping area
- picnic ground
- horseback riding
- drive-in theater
- fishing lake
- boat dock
- storage yard for equipment
- public utility facility
- accessory use
Conditional / special use12
Extracted standards
6 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Floodplain
- FillGrading (cut & fill)Reshaping land by removing earth (cut) or adding it (fill), often capped by volume. must extend 25 ft beyond structure25 ft
Land may be filled provided such fill does not encroach into the Floodway Zone and provided such fill extends twenty-five (25) feet beyond the limits of any structure erected thereon.
- Foundations designed to withstand flood conditions
Foundations of all structures shall be designed to withstand flood conditions at the site.
- Main floor must be above 100-year flood elevation
No building or structure shall be erected, and no existing building or structure shall be moved or altered unless the main floor of said building or structure is at a higher elevation then the 100-year flood.
- Minimum setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from top of bank of stream10 ft
no building shall be permitted within ten (10) feet of the top of bank of any stream.
- No basement below main floor
No basement or other floor shall be constructed below or at a lower elevation than the main floor.
- Structures within 100 ft of stream require BZA approval100 ft
Any structure proposed to be located within one hundred (100) feet of any main drainage channel or stream (hereafter referred to as stream) within any zone must be approved by the Board of Zoning Appeals.
From the ordinance
To enable the district to operate in harmony with the plan for land use and population density embodied in these regulations, the FP Flood Plain District is created as a special district to be superimposed on other districts.