Extracted standards
10 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 anchored to prevent flotation, collapse, or lateral movement of the structure.
- Maintain flood carrying capacity
The flood carrying capacity within an altered or relocated portion of any watercourse shall be maintained.
- Flood damage resistant materials
New construction and substantial improvements shall be constructed with materials and utility equipment resistant to flood damage.
- Construction methods to minimize flood damage
New construction or substantial improvements shall be constructed by methods and practices that minimize flood damage.
- 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.
- Sanitary sewage system flood protection
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.
- Utility equipment flood 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.
- On-site waste disposal flood protection
On-site waste disposal systems shall be located and constructed to avoid impairment to them or contamination from them during flooding.
- Water supply system flood protection
New and replacement water supply systems shall be designed to minimize or eliminate infiltration of flood waters into the system.
- Permit for watercourse alteration
Prior to any proposed alteration or relocation of any channels or of any watercourse, stream, etc., within this jurisdiction a permit shall be obtained from the U.S. Corps of Engineers, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, and the Virginia Marine Resources Commission.
From the ordinance
The following provisions shall apply to all permits: New construction and substantial improvements shall be built according to this ordinance and the VA USBC, and anchored to prevent flotation, collapse, or lateral movement of the structure.