Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- All lands within the jurisdiction of Surry County, Virginia identified as areas of special flood hazard according to the FIRM.
Extracted standards
15 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure requirements600 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Accessory structures in the SFHA shall comply with the elevation requirements and other requirements of 3-1520(B), or if not elevated or dryproofed shall: not be used for human habitation; be limited to no more than 600 square feet in total floor area; be usable only for parking of vehicles or limited storage; be constructed with flood damage-resistant materials; be constructed and placed to offer the minimum resistance to the flow of floodwaters; be anchored to prevent flotation; have electrical service and mechanical equipment elevated to or above the base flood elevation; and be provided with flood openings.
- Anchoring
New construction and substantial improvements shall be according to the VA USBC, and anchored to prevent flotation, collapse or lateral movement of the structure.
- Flood-resistant materials
New construction and substantial improvements shall be constructed with materials and utility equipment resistant to flood damage.
Manufactured homes shall be anchored to prevent flotation, collapse, or lateral movement.
- Manufactured homeManufactured homeA dwelling built in a factory to a federal standard and transported to the site. requirements
All manufactured homes placed, or substantially improved, on individual lots or parcels, must meet all the requirements for new construction, including the elevation and anchoring requirements.
- Minimize flood damage
New construction or substantial improvements shall be constructed by methods and practices that minimize flood damage.
- Non-residential lowest floor elevation1.5 ft
New construction or substantial improvement of any commercial, industrial, or non-residential building (or manufactured home) shall have the lowest floor, including basement, elevated to or above the base flood level plus 18 inches.
- Recreational vehicle requirements
All recreational vehicles placed on sites must either be on the site for fewer than 180 consecutive days, be fully licensed and ready for highway use; or meet all the requirements for manufactured homes.
- Residential lowest floor elevation1.5 ft
New construction or substantial improvement of any residential structure (including manufactured homes) in Zones A1—30, AE, AH and A with detailed base flood elevations shall have the lowest floor, including basement, elevated to or above the base flood level plus eighteen (18) inches.
- Sanitary sewage protection
New and replacement sanitary sewage systems shall be designed to minimize or eliminate infiltration of flood waters into the systems and discharges from the systems into flood waters.
- Utility protection
Electrical, heating, ventilation, plumbing, air conditioning equipment and other service facilities, including duct work, shall be designed and/or located so as to prevent water from entering or accumulating within the components during conditions of flooding.
- Waste disposal protection
On-site waste disposal systems shall be located and constructed to avoid impairment to them or contamination from them during flooding.
- Water supply protection
New and replacement water supply systems shall be designed to minimize or eliminate infiltration of flood waters into the system.
- Zoning permit required
All uses, activities, and development occurring within any floodplain district, including placement of manufactured homes, shall be undertaken only upon the issuance of a zoning permit.
Use
- Enclosed area use restriction
In zones A, AE, AH, AO, and A1—A30, fully enclosed areas below the regulatory flood protection elevation shall not be designed or used for human habitation, but shall only be used for parking of vehicles, building access, or limited storage.
From the ordinance
These provisions shall apply to all privately and publicly owned lands within the jurisdiction of Surry County, Virginia and identified as areas of special flood hazard according to the flood insurance rate map (FIRM) that is provided to the County of Surry, Virginia by FEMA.