Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Applies in all special flood hazard areas, including zones A1-30, AH, AE, AO, and floodways, as established in Article III, Section 7.070.
Extracted standards
12 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Floodplain
- Floodway encroachment prohibition
Encroachments are prohibited, including fill, new construction, substantial improvements and other development within the adopted regulatory floodway unless... no-rise certification
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. of flood vent bottom above grade1 ft
The bottom of all openings shall be no higher than one-foot above grade.
- Maximum allowed floodway rise0 ft
not more than a 0.00-foot rise in the proposed conditions compared to existing conditions Floodway
- Maximum consecutive days for recreational vehicle in floodplainFloodplainLand expected to flood at a stated frequency, where building carries extra conditions.180 days
Be on the site for fewer than one hundred eighty (180) consecutive days
- Minimum flood vent net area ratio1 sqin_per_sqft
not less than one (1) square inch for every square foot of enclosed area subject to flooding
- Minimum number of flood vent openings2 openings
A minimum of two (2) openings having a total net area of not less than one (1) square inch for every square foot of enclosed area subject to flooding shall be provided.
- Minimum freeboard above base flood elevation1 ft
elevated to one-foot above the base flood elevation
- Minimum freeboard above base flood elevation1 ft
elevated to one-foot above the base flood elevation or... watertight... at one-foot above the base flood elevation
- Minimum freeboard above base flood elevation for critical facilities2 ft
Elevation of the lowest floor or floodproofing... to at least two (2) feet above the base flood elevation.
- Minimum manufactured homeManufactured homeA dwelling built in a factory to a federal standard and transported to the site. foundation heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. above grade3 ft
The manufactured home chassis is supported by reinforced piers or other foundation elements... no less than thirty-six (36) inches in height above grade
- Subdivision area threshold requiring base flood elevation data5 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
greater than fifty (50) lots or five (5) acres, whichever is lesser
- Subdivision size threshold requiring base flood elevation data50 lots
greater than fifty (50) lots or five (5) acres, whichever is lesser
From the ordinance
New construction and substantial improvements of any residential structure shall have the lowest floor (including basement)... elevated to one-foot above the base flood elevation.