Gloucester County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 34-478

Dimensional standards

Servicing

Applies near
Flood Insurance Rate Map
Geographic extent
Flood hazard areas as delineated on the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM)

Extracted standards

2 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.

Floodplain

  • Above-ground tank elevation

    Above-ground tanks shall be attached to and elevated to or above the design flood elevation on a supporting structure.

  • Tank anchoring

    Underground and above-ground tanks shall be anchored to prevent flotation, collapse or lateral movement during design flood conditions.

From the ordinance

Underground tanks in flood hazard areas shall be anchored to prevent flotation, collapse or lateral movement resulting from hydrodynamic and hydrostatic loads during conditions of the design flood.
Sec. 34-478