Section D.3 and D.1
Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Area of the base flood area not included in the floodway, as shown on the FIRM.
Uses
Permitted by right3
Extracted standards
4 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Minimum floor elevation for nonresidential1 ft
All new construction and substantial improvements of nonresidential structures and accessory buildings within the floodway fringe shall either have a minimum floor level of one foot above the base flood elevation, or be designed to be watertight at least one foot above the base flood elevation.
Setback
- Minimum nonresidential setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. in Upper Swift Creek25 ft
Within the Upper Swift Creek Watershed all new construction and substantial improvements of nonresidential structures and accessory buildings shall be located outside the floodway fringe and shall be set back at least 25 feet horizontal distance from the outermost boundary of the base flood area, wetlands, Resource Protection Areas and 100-year floodplains where the contributing drainage area exceeds 100 acres, provided however, that when LID practices are used adjacent to wetlands, floodplains and Resource Protection Areas, the setback may be reduced to five feet.
- Minimum residential setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from base flood area25 ft
All new construction and substantial improvements of residential dwellings adjacent to the base flood area/backwater shall be set back at least 25 feet horizontal distance from the outermost boundary of the base flood area/backwater and have a minimum lowest floor level, including basement, of one foot above the base flood elevation.
- Minimum residential setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. in Upper Swift Creek35 ft
In the Upper Swift Creek Watershed, all new construction of and substantial improvements to residential dwellings shall be setback at least 35 feet horizontal distance from the outermost boundary of the 100-year floodplain where the contributing drainage area exceeds 100 acres.
From the ordinance
In the floodway fringe district, the development and/or use of land shall be permitted in accordance with the regulations of the underlying zoning district, but all such uses, activities and/or development shall not increase the base flood elevation.