Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Applies near
- AO Zone
- Geographic extent
- AO Zone on the FIRM accompanying the FIS for areas of shallow flooding identified as AO on the FIRM.
Extracted standards
2 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Floodplain
- Lowest floor elevation for non-residential in AO zone2 ft above highest adjacent grade
If no flood depth number is specified, the lowest floor, including basement, shall be elevated at least two feet above the highest adjacent grade;
- Lowest floor elevation for residential in AO zone2 ft above highest adjacent grade
If no flood depth number is specified, the lowest floor, including basement, shall be elevated no less than two feet above the highest adjacent grade.
From the ordinance
All new construction and substantial improvements of residential structures shall have the lowest floor, including basement, elevated to or above the flood depth specified on the FIRM, above the highest adjacent grade at least as high as the depth number specified in feet on the FIRM. If no flood depth number is specified, the lowest floor, including basement, shall be elevated no less than two feet above the highest adjacent grade.