Amherst County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Section 714.09(3), 714.18, 714.19

Dimensional standards

Uses

Extracted standards

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

Floodplain

  • Ingress/egress width15 ft

    The means of pedestrian ingress and egress shall be a minimum of fifteen (15) feet wide, or five (5) feet wide if equipped with handrails or other safety features.

  • Lowest floor elevation above BFE1 ft

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

  • The lowest floor of the manufactured home is elevated no lower than one (1) foot above the base flood elevation; or no less than 36 inches above grade; or the manufactured home chassis is supported by reinforced piers... of no less than one (1) foot above base flood elevation.

  • Sanitary waste emergency plan required

    No new construction, addition or substantial improvements to existing sanitary sewer facilities will be allowed unless emergency plans and procedures for action to be taken in the event of flooding are prepared, filed with, and approved by the State Board of Health.

  • Storage of hazardous materials elevation1 ft

    Storage of materials that are pollutants, buoyant, flammable, explosive, or which otherwise could be injurious... shall be stored one (1) foot above the flood protection elevation, flood-proofed, or protected by structural measures.

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. Such areas are shown as Zone A on the maps accompanying the FIS.
Section 714.09(3), 714.18, 714.19