Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Applies near
- 100-year floodplainFloodplainLand expected to flood at a stated frequency, where building carries extra conditions.
- Geographic extent
- All lands in the Town of Blacksburg within the 100-year floodplainFloodplainLand expected to flood at a stated frequency, where building carries extra conditions. as identified in the FIS/FIRM, and areas within the 100-year floodplainFloodplainLand expected to flood at a stated frequency, where building carries extra conditions. of a tributary with a drainage area of 100 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones. or more, except in Downtown Commercial or General Commercial districts.
Extracted standards
7 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Floodplain
- Development in floodway prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. unless offset
In the Floodway, Special Flood Hazard Area, and Approximated Floodplain, no development shall be permitted except where the effect of such development on flood heights is fully offset by accompanying improvements...
- Base flood elevation and lowest floor elevation required
All applications for development within any floodplain district... shall incorporate the following information: (1) The elevation of the base flood at the site. (2) The elevation of the lowest floor (including basement).
- Manufactured homesManufactured homeA dwelling built in a factory to a federal standard and transported to the site. prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. in floodway/SFHA/approx floodplainFloodplainLand expected to flood at a stated frequency, where building carries extra conditions.
The placement of any manufactured home within the Floodway, Special Flood Hazard Area, and Approximated Floodplain is specifically prohibited.
- No encroachment causing increase in 100-year flood elevation
no encroachments, including fill, new construction, substantial improvements, or other development shall be permitted unless it has been demonstrated through hydrologic and hydraulic analyses... that the proposed encroachment would not result in any increase in the 100-year flood elevation.
- Zoning permit required for all development in floodplainFloodplainLand expected to flood at a stated frequency, where building carries extra conditions.
All uses, activities, and development occurring within any floodplain area shall be undertaken only upon the issuance of a zoning permit.
- Recreational vehicles prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
Recreational vehicles shall not be placed within this zoning district.
- Substantial improvement (>=50% market value) must fully comply50 pct
The modification, alteration, repair, reconstruction, or improvement of any kind to a structure and/or use, regardless of its location in a floodplain area to an extent or amount of fifty (50) percent or more of its market value shall be undertaken only in full compliance with this ordinance...
From the ordinance
These provisions shall apply to all lands in the Town of Blacksburg. Floodplain areas shall be identified as follows: (a) Areas within the 100-year floodplain... (b) Areas within the 100-year floodplain of a tributary with a drainage area of one hundred (100) acres or more...