Amherst County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

714.09, 714.18

Dimensional standards

Servicing

Applies near
Zone A on FIRM
Geographic extent
Areas shown as Zone A on the FIRM for which no detailed flood profiles or elevations are provided

Extracted standards

1 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.

Floodplain

  • Lowest floor elevation above base flood elevation1 ft

    The lowest floor shall be elevated to or above the base flood level of one (1) foot above base-flood elevation.

From the ordinance

The Approximated Flood Plain District (AFP) shall be that floodplain area for which no detailed flood profiles or elevations are provided, but where a one hundred (100) year floodplain boundary has been approximated on the FIRMs.
714.09, 714.18