Cumberland County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 74-914

Dimensional standards

Servicing

Applies near
FIRM Zone A
Geographic extent
Areas of the one hundred-year floodplainFloodplainLand expected to flood at a stated frequency, where building carries extra conditions. identified as Zone A on the FIRM, where no base flood elevations are provided.

Extracted standards

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

Other

  • The Floodplain Administrator may require the applicant to obtain base flood elevation data from a Federal, State, or other source if such data are reasonably available.

  • Compliance with general standards

    All development shall comply with the general standards of section 74-912.

  • Manufactured homes shall be elevated on a permanent foundation such that the lowest floor is elevated to at least two (2) feet above the highest adjacent grade and securely anchored.

  • Non-residential lowest floor 2 ft above highest adjacent grade or floodproofed

    New construction and substantial improvements of any non-residential structure shall either have the lowest floor, including basement, elevated to at least two (2) feet above the highest adjacent grade; or, together with attendant utility and sanitary facilities, be floodproofed to at least two (2) feet above the highest adjacent grade.

  • Residential lowest floor 2 ft above highest adjacent grade

    New construction and substantial improvements of any residential structure shall have the lowest floor, including basement, elevated to at least two (2) feet above the highest adjacent grade.

From the ordinance

New construction and substantial improvements of any residential structure shall have the lowest floor, including basement, elevated to at least two (2) feet above the highest adjacent grade.
Sec. 74-914