Extracted standards
2 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Floodplain
- Substantial improvement must conform to VA USBC
The modification, alteration, repair, reconstruction, or improvement of any kind to a structure and/or use, regardless of its location in a floodplain area to an extent or amount of 50 percent or more of its market value shall be undertaken only in full compliance with this ordinance and shall require the entire structure to conform to the VA USBC.
Other
- No varianceVariancePermission to depart from a specific dimensional rule, granted on a showing of hardship. for floodway that increases 100-year flood elevation
No variance shall be granted for any proposed use, development, or activity within any floodway district that will cause any increase in the 100-year flood elevation.
From the ordinance
The modification, alteration, repair, reconstruction, or improvement of any kind to a structure and/or use, regardless of its location in a floodplain area to an extent or amount of 50 percent or more of its market value shall be undertaken only in full compliance with this ordinance and shall require the entire structure to conform to the VA USBC.