Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Areas of shallow flooding identified as AO on FIRM
Extracted standards
3 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Floodplain
- Drainage Paths
Adequate drainage paths around structures on slopes shall be provided to guide floodwaters around and away from proposed structures.
- Non-Residential Elevation
Non-residential structures must be elevated or flood-proofed to specified flood level.
- Residential Elevation
Lowest floor elevated to flood depth specified on FIRM, or at least 2 feet above highest adjacent grade if no depth number.
From the ordinance
All new construction and substantial improvements of residential structures shall have the lowest floor, including basement, elevated to or above the flood depth specified on the FIRM, above the highest adjacent grade at least as high as the depth number specified in feet on the FIRM.