Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Floodway as delineated in Table 6 of the Flood Insurance Study and shown on the Flood Insurance Rate Map.
Uses
Permitted by right25
- agricultural operations
- general farming
- pasture
- grazing
- outdoor plant nurseries
- horticulture
- truck farming
- forestry
- sod farming
- wild crop harvesting
- parks
- picnic grounds
- golf courses
- boat launching areas
- swimming areas
- hiking trails
- horseback riding trails
- wildlife preserves
- nature preserves
- fishing areas
- trap and skeet game ranges
- botanical gardens
- yard areas
- gardens
- play areas
Extracted standards
2 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Floodplain
- Conditional useConditional useAllowed only after a discretionary approval — usually a public hearing and a board vote. conditions in floodway
Storage of materials and equipment provided that they are not buoyant, flammable, or explosive, and are not subject to major damage by flooding, or provided that such material and equipment is firmly anchored to prevent flotation or movement, or can be readily removed from the area within the time available after flood warning.
- No increase in flood heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. or velocity
provided they do not employ structures, fill, or storage of materials and equipment within the floodway which may cause any increase in 100-year flood height and velocity
From the ordinance
The following uses shall be permitted as of right in the floodway to the extent that they are otherwise permitted in the underlying base zoning district and are not prohibited by any other ordinance, and provided they do not employ structures, fill, or storage of materials and equipment within the floodway which may cause any increase in 100-year flood height and velocity.