Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Applies near
- FEMA 100-year floodplainFloodplainLand expected to flood at a stated frequency, where building carries extra conditions.
- Geographic extent
- All lands within the jurisdiction of town and identified as being in the one-hundred-year floodplainFloodplainLand expected to flood at a stated frequency, where building carries extra conditions. by FEMA
Extracted standards
8 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 area600 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Be limited to no more than six hundred (600) square feet in total floor area;
- Flood opening bottom heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.1 ft
The bottom of all required openings shall be no higher than one (1) foot above the adjacent grade.
- Flood opening ratio1 sqin/sqftsq 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 (1) square inch for each square foot of enclosed area subject to flooding.
- Flood openings required2 openings
Provide a minimum of two (2) openings on different sides of each enclosed area subject to flooding.
- Floodway encroachment
Within any floodway area, no encroachments, including fill, new construction, substantial improvements, or other development shall be permitted unless it has been demonstrated through hydrologic and hydraulic analysis ... that the proposed encroachment will not result in any increase in flood levels.
- Lowest floor elevation2 ft
New construction or substantial improvement of any residential structure (including manufactured homes) shall have the lowest floor, including basement, elevated to or above the base flood level plus two (2) feet.
- Manufactured homeManufactured homeA dwelling built in a factory to a federal standard and transported to the site. chassis heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.36 in
The manufactured home chassis is supported by reinforced piers or other foundation elements of at least equivalent strength that are no less than thirty-six (36) inches in height above grade;
- Recreational vehicle maximum days180 days
Be on the site for fewer than one hundred eighty (180) consecutive days;
From the ordinance
These provisions shall apply to all lands within the jurisdiction of town and identified as being in the one-hundred-year floodplain by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).