Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Areas designated as AE or AH zones on the FIRM
Extracted standards
2 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Floodplain
- No development without analysis
Until a regulatory floodway is designated, no new construction, substantial improvements, or other development (including fill) shall be permitted within the areas of special flood hazard, designated as Zones A1-30, AE, or AH on the FIRM, unless it is demonstrated that the cumulative effect of the proposed development, when combined with all other existing and anticipated development, will not increase the water surface elevation of the base flood at any point within the city.
- No increase in BFE
Development activities in the Flood Fringe District including Zones A1-30, AE, or AH on the City of Falls Church's FIRM which increase the water surface elevation of the base flood are prohibited.
From the ordinance
Until a regulatory floodway is designated, no new construction, substantial improvements, or other development (including fill) shall be permitted ... unless it is demonstrated that the cumulative effect ... will not increase the water surface elevation of the base flood.