Botetourt County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision
Sec. 25-415(a)(1)
Approximated FloodplainAll Botetourt County Unincorporated districts0
Dimensional standards
Housing
Servicing
- Applies near
- Zone A
- 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 the maps accompanying the flood insurance study
Uses
Conditional / special use1
Extracted standards
2 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Floodplain
- Applicant must determine BFE for development >50 lots or 5 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.5 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
an applicant for a proposed use, development and/or activity greater than fifty (50) lots or five (5) acres, whichever is lesser, shall determine this elevation.
- Lowest floor elevation above base flood elevation1 ft
When such base flood elevation data is utilized, the lowest floor shall be elevated one (1) foot 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 one hundred-year floodplain boundary has been approximated. Such areas are shown as zone A on the maps accompanying the flood insurance study.