Sec. 22-17-8A
Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- All areas of special flood hazard according to the FIRM
Extracted standards
12 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Floodplain
- Anchoring to prevent flotation
New construction and substantial improvements shall be according to the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, and anchored to prevent flotation, collapse or lateral movement of the structure.
- Flood-resistant materials
New construction and substantial improvements shall be constructed with materials and utility equipment resistant to flood damage.
Manufactured homes shall be anchored to prevent flotation, collapse, or lateral movement.
- Minimize flood damage
New construction or substantial improvements shall be constructed by methods and practices that minimize flood damage.
- Non-residential lowest floor elevation1 ft
New construction or substantial improvement of any commercial, industrial, or non-residential building (or manufactured home) shall have the lowest floor, including basement, elevated to no lower than one foot above the base flood elevation.
- FloodplainFloodplainLand expected to flood at a stated frequency, where building carries extra conditions. districts as overlays
The Floodplain Districts described above shall be overlays to the existing underlying districts as shown on the Official Zoning Ordinance Map, and as such, the provisions for the floodplain districts shall serve as a supplement to the underlying district provisions.
- Residential lowest floor elevation1 ft
New construction or substantial improvement of any residential structure (including manufactured homes) in Zones A1-30, AE, AH, and A with detailed base flood elevations shall have the lowest floor, including basement, elevated no lower than one foot above the base flood elevation.
- Sanitary sewage system
New and replacement sanitary sewage systems shall be designed to minimize or eliminate infiltration of flood waters into the systems and discharges from the systems into flood waters.
- Space below lowest floor
Fully enclosed areas below the regulatory flood protection elevation shall not be designed or used for human habitation, but shall only be used for parking of vehicles, building access, or limited storage of maintenance equipment.
- Utility protection
Electrical, heating, ventilation, plumbing, air conditioning equipment and other service facilities, including duct work, shall be designed and/or located so as to prevent water from entering or accumulating within the components during conditions of flooding.
- Waste disposal system
On-site waste disposal systems shall be located and constructed to avoid impairment to them or contamination from them during flooding.
- Water supply system
New and replacement water supply systems shall be designed to minimize or eliminate infiltration of flood waters into the system.
From the ordinance
These provisions shall apply to all privately and publicly held lands within the jurisdiction of Fluvanna County and identified as areas of special flood hazard according to the flood insurance rate map (FIRM) that is provided to Fluvanna by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).