Botetourt County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 25-415, 25-416.1

Dimensional standards

Housing

Two-family
by_right
Three-family
by_right
Four-plus family
by_right

Servicing

Applies near
Flood Insurance Rate Map
Geographic extent
FloodplainFloodplainLand expected to flood at a stated frequency, where building carries extra conditions. area for which no detailed flood profiles or elevations are provided, shown as Zone A on FIRM

Extracted standards

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

Floodplain

  • Nonresidential floodproofing

    Nonresidential structures shall be elevated or floodproofed to be watertight below base flood level.

  • Residential construction elevation

    New construction and substantial improvement of any residential structure shall have the lowest floor, including basement, elevated to or above the base flood elevation.

From the ordinance

The approximated floodplain district shall be that floodplain area for which no detailed flood profiles or elevations are provided, but where a 100-year floodplain boundary has been approximated. Underlying uses apply except as restricted.
Sec. 25-415, 25-416.1