Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- All lands in the Town of Blacksburg within the 100-year floodplainFloodplainLand expected to flood at a stated frequency, where building carries extra conditions. as identified in the FIS and FIRM, and areas within the 100-year floodplainFloodplainLand expected to flood at a stated frequency, where building carries extra conditions. of a tributary with a drainage area of 100 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones. or more, except in Downtown Commercial or General Commercial districts.
Uses
Permitted by right6
Conditional / special use1
Prohibited2
Extracted standards
5 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Floodplain
- No encroachments without analysis
No encroachments, including fill, new construction, substantial improvements, or other development shall be permitted unless it has been demonstrated through hydrologic and hydraulic analyses that the proposed encroachment would not result in any increase in the 100-year flood elevation.
- Manufactured homesManufactured homeA dwelling built in a factory to a federal standard and transported to the site. prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
The placement of any manufactured home within the Floodway, Special Flood Hazard Area, and Approximated Floodplain is specifically prohibited.
- Zoning permit required
All uses, activities, and development occurring within any floodplain area shall be undertaken only upon the issuance of a zoning permit.
- Recreational vehicles prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
Recreational vehicles shall not be placed within this zoning district.
- Structures must have no walls
Any structures associated with these uses are permitted only if they have no walls.
From the ordinance
These provisions shall apply to all lands in the Town of Blacksburg. Floodplain areas shall be identified as follows...