Danville, Virginia · General provision
Section D, Item 6 - Standards for Approximated Floodplain
FloodplainAll Danville districts0
Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Applies near
- Flood Insurance Study maps
- Geographic extent
- Areas identified as Zone A or A99 on the maps accompanying the Flood Insurance Study, where no detailed flood profiles or elevations are provided but the 100-year floodplainFloodplainLand expected to flood at a stated frequency, where building carries extra conditions. boundary has been approximated.
Extracted standards
2 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Base flood elevation determination for large developments5 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
Where the specific one hundred (100)-year flood elevation cannot be determined for this area using other sources of data, an applicant for a proposed use, development and/or activity greater than 50 lots or 5 acres, whichever is lesser, shall determine this elevation.
- Lowest floor elevation at least 1 foot above BFE1 ft
When such base flood elevation data is utilized, the lowest floor shall be elevated to or at least 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 (100)-year floodplain boundary has been approximated. Such areas are shown as Zone A on the maps accompanying the Flood Insurance Study.