Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Areas of special flood hazard designated as zone AE on the flood insurance rate map
Extracted standards
2 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Floodplain
- ConditionalConditional useAllowed only after a discretionary approval — usually a public hearing and a board vote. FIRM revision required
Development activities in zones A, AE, and AH, on the town flood insurance rate map which increase the water surface elevation of the base flood by more than one (1) foot may be allowed, provided that the applicant first applies, with the town's endorsement, for a conditional flood insurance rate map revision, and receives the approval of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
- Maximum increase in flood elevation1 ft
no new construction, substantial improvements, or other development (including fill) shall be permitted within the areas of special flood hazard, designated as zone AE on the flood rate insurance map, 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 more than one (1) foot at any point within the town.
From the ordinance
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 zone AE on the flood rate insurance map, 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 more than one (1) foot at any point within the town.