Frederick County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision
§ 165-203.11
Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- All development activities located in the floodplainFloodplainLand expected to flood at a stated frequency, where building carries extra conditions., as defined by FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps
Extracted standards
3 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Floodplain
- Floodway development prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
Development shall not be permitted in the floodway, except for uses that are compatible with the floodway, such as agricultural uses and recreational uses.
- Maximum increase in base flood elevation1 ft
Development in the floodplain shall not increase the base flood elevation by more than one foot.
- Minimum elevation above base flood1 ft
Development in the floodplain shall be elevated to at least one foot above the base flood elevation.
From the ordinance
Development shall not be permitted in the floodway, except for uses that are compatible with the floodway. Development in the floodplain shall be elevated to at least one foot above the base flood elevation.