Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Floodway districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2. as shown on the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) for the Town of Hurt, Pittsylvania County, Virginia
Uses
Conditional / special use3
- Agricultural uses (general farming, pasture, grazing, outdoor plant nurseries, horticulture, truck farming, forestry, sod farming, wild crop harvesting)
- Public and private recreational uses (parks, day camps, picnic grounds, golf courses, swimming areas, hiking and horseback trails, wildlife and nature preserves, game farms, fish hatcheries, fishing areas)
- Open accessory residential uses (yard areas, gardens, play areas, previous loading areas)
Extracted standards
16 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Design
- Flood openings for elevated buildings1 sq in per sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Provide a minimum of two openings on different sides of each enclosed area subject to flooding. The total net area of all openings must be at least one square inch for each square foot of enclosed area subject to flooding.
Floodplain
- No adverse effect on floodways
Under no circumstances shall any use, activity and/or development adversely affect the capacity of the channels or floodways or any watercourse, drainage ditch or any other drainage facility or system.
Other
- Anchoring and flood-resistant materials
New construction and substantial improvements shall be according to the VA USBC, and anchored to prevent flotation, collapse or lateral movement of the structure. Constructed with materials and utility equipment resistant to flood damage.
- Base flood elevation data required
Base flood elevation data shall be provided for subdivision proposals and other proposed development.
- Contour intervals2 ft
Property with slopes less than 20 percent shall show contours at intervals of two feet.
- Flood carrying capacity maintained
The flood carrying capacity within an altered or relocated portion of any watercourse shall be maintained.
- Manufactured homeManufactured homeA dwelling built in a factory to a federal standard and transported to the site. anchoring and elevation1 ft
All manufactured homes replaced, or substantially improved... must meet all the requirements for new construction, including elevation and anchoring requirements of the VA USBC, and shall have the lowest floor elevated to one foot above the base flood elevation.
- Nonresidential elevation or floodproofing1 ft
New construction or substantial improvement of any commercial, industrial, or nonresidential building shall have the lowest floor, including basement, elevated to at least one foot above the base flood elevation. Buildings located in Zone AE may be floodproofed in lieu of being elevated...
- 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 ft
New construction or substantial improvement of any residential structure shall have the lowest floor, elevated to at least one foot above the base flood elevation.
All uses, activities and development occurring within any flood hazard district shall be undertaken only upon the issuance of a special use permit.
- Subdivision BFE data requirement
All subdivision proposals greater than 25 lots or five acres, whichever is the lesser, shall include base flood elevation data.
- Utilities and drainage requirements
All new or replacement sanitary sewer facilities shall be designed to minimize or eliminate infiltration of floodwaters... All storm drainage facilities shall be designed to convey the flow of surface waters without damage to persons or property.
Variances shall be issued only upon a finding by the board of zoning appeals that the strict application of the article would produce undue hardship... and no variance within the floodway will be granted if it will cause an increase in the base flood elevation.
- Watercourse alteration permits
Prior to any proposed alteration or relocation of any channels or of any watercourse, stream, etc., within this jurisdiction a permit shall be obtained from the U.S. Corps of Engineers, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, and the Virginia Marine Resources Commission.
Use
- Manufactured homesManufactured homeA dwelling built in a factory to a federal standard and transported to the site. prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. except replacement
The placement of any manufactured home (mobile home) within any flood hazard district is specifically prohibited, except as a replacement for a manufactured home on an individual lot or parcel or in an existing manufactured home park or subdivision.
From the ordinance
The following uses shall be permissible in the floodway district, provided that they are in compliance with the provisions of the underlying district and provided that the development will not increase base flood elevations: ...