Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Applies near
- VE or V Zones
- Geographic extent
- VE or V Zones on FIRMs accompanying the FIS, known as coastal high hazard areas, extending from offshore to the inland limit of a primary frontal dune along an open coast or other areas subject to high velocity waves.
Extracted standards
7 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Floodplain
- Maximum breakaway wall design safe loading resistance20 psf
For the purpose of this section, a breakaway wall shall have a design safe loading resistance of not less than ten and no more than 20 pounds per square foot.
- Minimum breakaway wall design safe loading resistance10 psf
For the purpose of this section, a breakaway wall shall have a design safe loading resistance of not less than ten and no more than 20 pounds per square foot.
- Elevation for lowest horizontal structural member parallel to wave approach18 inches above BFE
The bottom of the lowest horizontal structural member of the lowest floor (excluding the pilings or columns) is elevated to or above the base flood level plus 18 inches if the lowest horizontal structural member is parallel to the direction of wave approach...
- Elevation for lowest horizontal structural member perpendicular to wave approach2 ft above BFE
...or elevated at least two feet above the base flood level if the lowest horizontal structural member is perpendicular to the direction of wave approach;
- Maximum enclosed space below lowest floor300 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
The enclosed space shall be less than 300 square feet.
- FillGrading (cut & fill)Reshaping land by removing earth (cut) or adding it (fill), often capped by volume. for structural support prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
The use of fill for structural support of buildings is prohibited.
- Man-made alteration of sand dunes prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
The man-made alteration of sand dunes, which would increase potential flood damage, is prohibited.
From the ordinance
All new construction and substantial improvements in Zones V and VE, including manufactured homes, shall be elevated on pilings or columns so that: The bottom of the lowest horizontal structural member of the lowest floor (excluding the pilings or columns) is elevated to or above the base flood level plus 18 inches if the lowest horizontal structural member is parallel to the direction of wave approach or elevated at least two feet above the base flood level if the lowest horizontal structural member is perpendicular to the direction of wave approach;