Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Areas identified as AO Zone on the FIRM for Surry County, Virginia.
Extracted standards
3 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Adequate drainage paths
Adequate drainage paths around structures on slopes shall be provided to guide floodwaters around and away from proposed structures.
- Non-residential elevation or floodproofing in AO Zone
All new construction and substantial improvements of non-residential structures shall: 1) Have the lowest floor, including basement, elevated to or above the flood depth specified on the FIRM, above the highest adjacent grade at least as high as the depth number specified in feet on the FIRM. If no flood depth number is specified, the lowest floor, including basement, shall be elevated at least two feet above the highest adjacent grade; or, 2) Together with attendant utility and sanitary facilities be completely floodproofed to the specified flood level so that any space below that level is watertight.
- Residential lowest floor elevation in AO Zone
All new construction and substantial improvements of residential structures shall have the lowest floor, including basement, elevated to or above the flood depth specified on the FIRM, above the highest adjacent grade at least as high as the depth number specified in feet on the FIRM. If no flood depth number is specified, the lowest floor, including basement, shall be elevated no less than two feet above the highest adjacent grade.
From the ordinance
All new construction and substantial improvements of residential structures shall have the lowest floor, including basement, elevated to or above the flood depth specified on the FIRM, above the highest adjacent grade at least as high as the depth number specified in feet on the FIRM. If no flood depth number is specified, the lowest floor, including basement, shall be elevated no less than two feet above the highest adjacent grade.