Sec. 22-17-8A.21.3
Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- All special flood hazard areas (SFHA) within Fluvanna County, including areas where field surveyed topography indicates ground elevations below the base flood elevation even if not delineated on a FIRM.
Extracted standards
3 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Floodplain
- Flood data precedence
Base flood elevations and designated floodway boundaries on FIRMs and in FISs shall take precedence over base flood elevations and floodway boundaries by any other sources if such sources show reduced floodway widths and/or lower base flood elevations.
- FloodplainFloodplainLand expected to flood at a stated frequency, where building carries extra conditions. boundary interpretation
Where field surveyed topography indicates that adjacent ground elevations are below the base flood elevation, even in areas not delineated as a special flood hazard area on a FIRM, the area shall be considered as special flood hazard area and subject to the requirements of these regulations.
- Use of preliminary FIRM data
Prior to the issuance of a Letter of Final Determination by FEMA, the use of preliminary flood hazard data shall be deemed the best available data pursuant to Section 22-17-8A-7.1(A)(3) and used where no base flood elevations and/or floodway areas are provided on the effective FIRM.
From the ordinance
Where field surveyed topography indicates that adjacent ground elevations: (1) Are below the base flood elevation, even in areas not delineated as a special flood hazard area on a FIRM, the area shall be considered as special flood hazard area and subject to the requirements of these regulations;