D.5
Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- 100-year floodplains in the Upper Swift Creek Watershed where the contributing drainage area exceeds 100 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones..
Uses
Extracted standards
2 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Floodplain
- Nonresidential setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from floodplainFloodplainLand expected to flood at a stated frequency, where building carries extra conditions. boundary25 ft
Within the Upper Swift Creek Watershed all new construction and substantial improvements of nonresidential structures and accessory buildings shall be located outside the floodway fringe and shall be set back at least 25 feet horizontal distance from the outermost boundary of the base flood area, wetlands, Resource Protection Areas and 100-year floodplains where the contributing drainage area exceeds 100 acres, provided however, that when LID practices are used adjacent to wetlands, floodplains and Resource Protection Areas, the setback may be reduced to five feet.
- Residential setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from 100-year floodplainFloodplainLand expected to flood at a stated frequency, where building carries extra conditions. boundary35 ft
In the Upper Swift Creek Watershed, all new construction of and substantial improvements to residential dwellings shall be setback at least 35 feet horizontal distance from the outermost boundary of the 100-year floodplain where the contributing drainage area exceeds 100 acres.
From the ordinance
The following shall be prohibited within the Upper Swift Creek Watershed 100-year floodplains when the contributing drainage area exceeds 100 acres in size: clear cutting; removal of tree stumps; clearing of vegetation; filling; grading; placement of fences or other appurtenant structures.