Albemarle County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision
Sec. 32.7.2.1
Extracted standards
2 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Floodplain
- Residential access flood protection
If discharge water of a 25-year storm could be reasonably anticipated to inundate, block, destroy or otherwise obstruct a principal means of access to a residential development... The principal means of access shall be designed and constructed so as to provide unobstructed access at the time of flooding; and/or An alternative means of access which is not subject to inundation... shall be constructed.
Other
- Vehicular access design standard
Each entrance onto any public street shall be designed and constructed as required by the standards of the Virginia Department of Transportation. Each entrance onto a private street shall be subject to approval by the county engineer.
From the ordinance
Any vehicular access to and from a site shall comply with the following: ... Each entrance onto any public street shall be designed and constructed as required by the standards of the Virginia Department of Transportation. ... If discharge water of a 25-year storm could be reasonably anticipated to inundate, block, destroy or otherwise obstruct a principal means of access to a residential development, the following also shall apply: 1. The principal means of access shall be designed and constructed so as to provide unobstructed access at the time of flooding; and/or 2. An alternative means of access which is not subject to inundation... shall be constructed.