Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Areas of special flood hazard shown on the FIRM and FIS, including Floodway (AE), AE/AH, A, Coastal A, VE/V zones.
Extracted standards
11 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- A zone elevation
When such base flood elevation data is utilized, the lowest floor shall be elevated to or above the base flood level 1.5 feet.
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure limits
Accessory structures in the SFHA shall comply with the elevation requirements ... or, if not elevated or dry floodproofed, shall: not be used for human habitation; be limited to no more than 600 square feet in total floor area; ...
- AE/AH development restriction
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 Zones A1-30, AE, or AH on the FIRM, unless it is demonstrated that the cumulative effect of the proposed development ... will not increase the water surface elevation of the base flood more than one foot at any point within the City.
- Anchoring required
All new construction and substantial improvements shall be anchored to prevent flotation, collapse, or lateral movement of the structure.
- Coastal A elevation
Buildings and structures within this zone shall have the lowest floor elevated to or above the base flood elevation plus 1.5 feet of freeboard.
- Floodway encroachment restriction
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.
- Manufactured homesManufactured homeA dwelling built in a factory to a federal standard and transported to the site. prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. in floodway
The placement of manufactured homes (mobile homes) is prohibited, except in an existing manufactured home (mobile home) park or subdivision.
- Nonresidential elevation or floodproofing
New construction or substantial improvement of any commercial, industrial, or nonresidential building ... shall have the lowest floor, including basement, elevated to or above the base flood level plus 1.5 feet. Nonresidential buildings ... may be floodproofed in lieu of being elevated.
- Permit required
All uses, activities, and development occurring within any floodplain district, including placement of manufactured homes, shall be undertaken only upon the issuance of a permit.
- Residential elevation above base flood1.5 ft
New construction or substantial improvement of any residential structure ... shall have the lowest floor, including basement, elevated to or above the base flood level plus 1.5 feet.
- VE/V elevation
All new construction and substantial improvements in Zones V and VE, including manufactured homes, shall be elevated on pilings or columns so that the bottom of the lowest horizontal structural member ... is elevated to or above the base flood level plus 1.5 feet.
From the ordinance
These provisions shall apply to all privately and publicly owned lands within the jurisdiction of the City of Fredericksburg and identified as areas of special flood shown on the flood insurance rate map (FIRM) or included in the flood insurance study (FIS).