Chatham, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 12D-2

Dimensional standards

Servicing

Geographic extent
Areas within the 100-year floodplainFloodplainLand expected to flood at a stated frequency, where building carries extra conditions. designated as Floodway on the Flood Boundary and Floodway Map

Uses

Extracted standards

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

Floodplain

  • No development unless flood heights offset

    In the Floodway District, no development shall be permitted except where the effect of such development on flood heights is fully offset by accompanying improvements which have been approved by all appropriate local and/or State authorities.

From the ordinance

In the Floodway District, no development shall be permitted except where the effect of such development on flood heights is fully offset by accompanying improvements... Permitted activities: agricultural uses, recreational uses, accessory residential uses.
Sec. 12D-2