Article 23, Section 23-3-1.A.6
Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Applies near
- VE/V Zones on FIRM
- Geographic extent
- Coastal High Hazard Areas extending from offshore to the inland limit of a primary frontal dune along an open coast, shown as VE or V Zones on the FIRM.
Extracted standards
5 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Anchoring to resist flotation
The pile or column foundation and structure attached thereto is anchored to resist flotation, collapse, and lateral movement due to the effects of wind and water loads acting simultaneously on all building components.
- Breakaway walls20 psf
All new construction and substantial improvements shall have the space below the lowest floor either free of obstruction or constructed with non-supporting breakaway walls... with a design safe loading resistance of not less than ten and no more than 20 pounds per square foot.
- Elevation on pilings or columns
All new construction and substantial improvements in Zones V and VE, including manufactured homes, shall be elevated on pilings or columns so that the bottom of the lowest horizontal structural member... is elevated to or above the base flood level plus 18 inches if parallel... or at least two feet above the base flood level if perpendicular.
- FillGrading (cut & fill)Reshaping land by removing earth (cut) or adding it (fill), often capped by volume. for structural support prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
The use of fill for structural support of buildings is prohibited.
- Sand dune alteration prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
The man-made alteration of sand dunes, which would increase potential flood damage, is prohibited.
From the ordinance
All new construction and substantial improvements in Zones V and VE, including manufactured homes, shall be elevated on pilings or columns so that the bottom of the lowest horizontal structural member... is elevated to or above the base flood level plus 18 inches if parallel... or at least two feet above the base flood level if perpendicular.