Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Applies near
- FIRM
- Geographic extent
- Areas identified as A zone on the FIRM, where no detailed flood profiles or elevations are provided, but the one percent annual chance floodplainFloodplainLand expected to flood at a stated frequency, where building carries extra conditions. boundary has been approximated.
Uses
Permitted by right4
- Agricultural uses, such as general farming, pasture, grazing, outdoor-plant nurseries, horticulture, truck farming, forestry, sod farming and wild crop harvesting.
- Public and private recreational uses and activities, such as parks, day camps, picnic grounds, golf courses, boat launching and swimming area, horseback riding and hiking trails, wildlife and nature preserves and hunting and fishing areas.
- Accessory residential uses, such as yard areas, gardens, play areas, and parking areas.
- Accessory industrial and commercial uses, such as yard areas, previous parking and loading areas, etc.
Extracted standards
1 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Maximum increase in base flood elevation1 ft
Until a regulatory floodway is designated, no new construction, substantial improvements, or other development (including fill) shall be permitted within A zones, unless it is demonstrated that the cumulative effect of the proposed development, when combined with all other existing and anticipated development, will not increase the water surface elevation of the base flood more than one foot at any point within the city.
From the ordinance
In the flood hazard overlay district, the following uses and activities are permitted, provided that they are in compliance with the provisions of the underlying district and are not prohibited by any other ordinance: Table 5.2 Permitted Uses in Flood Hazard Zones