Sec. 90-303, Sec. 90-316, Sec. 90-317
Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- All areas of special flood hazard within the jurisdiction of the city, as identified by FEMA in the current Flood Insurance Study (FIS) and Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) dated September 29, 2017.
Uses
Extracted standards
9 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure varianceVariancePermission to depart from a specific dimensional rule, granted on a showing of hardship. limit200 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
No variance shall be granted for an accessory structure exceeding 200 square feet.
- Enclosure below lowest floor openings1 sq in per sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
A minimum of two openings having a total net area of not less than one square inch for every square foot of enclosed area subject to flooding shall be provided; The bottom of all openings shall be no higher than one foot above grade...
- FillGrading (cut & fill)Reshaping land by removing earth (cut) or adding it (fill), often capped by volume. slope2 horizontal:vertical
Be sloped at a grade of no steeper than two horizontal to one vertical
- Floodproofing for nonresidential structures
New construction and substantial improvement of any nonresidential structure shall either have the lowest floor, including basement, elevated to or above the base flood elevation, or, together with attendant utility and sanitary facilities, shall: (1) Be floodproofed so that below the base flood elevation the structure is watertight...
- Lowest floor elevation for residential structures
New construction and substantial improvement of any residential structure shall have the lowest floor, including basement, elevated to or above the base flood elevation.
New or replacement manufactured homes and substantial improvement of existing manufactured homes shall: (1) Be elevated on a permanent foundation so that the lowest floor of the manufactured home is at or above the base flood elevation...
- Recreational vehicle placement requirements
Recreational vehicles placed on sites within special flood hazard areas shall either: (1) Be on the site for fewer than 180 consecutive days; or (2) Be fully licensed and ready for highway use...; or (3) Meet the requirements for manufactured homes...
- Base flood elevation data for subdivisions
Base flood elevation data shall be provided for subdivision proposals and other proposed new development which are greater than either 50 lots or five acres.
- VarianceVariancePermission to depart from a specific dimensional rule, granted on a showing of hardship. lot size limit0.5 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
While the granting of variances generally is limited to a lot size less than one-half acre, deviations from that limitation may occur.
From the ordinance
This division shall apply to all areas of special flood hazard within the jurisdiction of the city. ... The following uses are permitted in the flood hazard overlay district...