Sec. 48-675, 48-676, 48-710-48-713, 48-737, 48-766
Dimensional standards
Height & bulk
Servicing
- Applies near
- FIRM
- Geographic extent
- Areas within the City of Falls ChurchReligious facilityA building used for organised worship, often with halls and schools attached. identified as special flood hazard areas on the FIRM, including Zones A, AE, AH, A1-30, X (Shaded), and D.
Uses
Extracted standards
10 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Floodplain
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure maximum floor area600 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Accessory structures in the SFHA shall be limited to no more than 600 square feet in total floor area.
- Flood opening bottom maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. above grade1 ft
The bottom of all required openings shall be no higher than one foot above the adjacent grade.
- Minimum number of flood openings2 openings
Provide a minimum of two openings on different sides of each enclosed area subject to flooding.
- Flood opening minimum net area1 sq in per sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
The total net area of all openings must be at least one square inch for each square foot of enclosed area subject to flooding.
- Floodway obstruction allowances
No outdoor obstructions in the floodway are permissible except gardens under 2 ft, recreational areas, accessory residential purposes, utilities, and approved fences.
- Non-residential floodproofing elevation2 ft above BFE
Non-residential buildings may be floodproofed to the elevation corresponding to the BFE plus two feet.
- Hazardous material storage prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
The storage of hazardous material is prohibited.
- Manufactured homesManufactured homeA dwelling built in a factory to a federal standard and transported to the site. prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
The placement of manufactured homes (mobile homes) is prohibited.
- Residential lowest floor elevation18 inches above BFE
New construction or substantial improvement of any residential structure shall have the lowest floor elevated to or above the base flood level plus 18 inches.
- Zone X (Shaded) restrictions
In Zone X (Shaded) no emergency service, medical service, critical facilities, or governmental records storage shall be allowed except by special exception. Fill for dwelling prohibited.
From the ordinance
The placement of manufactured homes (mobile homes) is prohibited. Storage of hazardous material is prohibited. Lowest floor elevated to BFE plus 18 inches.