Falls Church, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 48-675(a)(3)

Dimensional standards

Servicing

Geographic extent
Areas designated as A zone on the FIRM

Extracted standards

3 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.

Floodplain

  • Determine base flood elevation

    Where the specific one percent annual chance flood elevation cannot be determined for this area using other sources of data, then the applicant for the proposed use, development and/or activity shall determine this base flood elevation.

  • Hydrologic analysis

    The floodplain administrator reserves the right to require a hydrologic and hydraulic analysis for any development.

Other

  • Lowest floor elevation

    When such base flood elevation data is utilized, the lowest floor shall be elevated to or above the base flood level plus 18 inches.

From the ordinance

the lowest floor shall be elevated to or above the base flood level plus 18 inches.
Sec. 48-675(a)(3)