Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Areas within the AE zone delineated as floodway on the FIRM, capable of carrying the one percent annual chance flood without increasing water surface elevation more than one foot.
Uses
Prohibited1
Extracted standards
2 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Floodplain
- CLOMR required for development increasing flood levels
Development activities which increase the water surface elevation of the base flood may be allowed, provided that the applicant first applies, with the Town of Lovettsville's endorsement, for a conditional letter of map revision (CLOMR), and receives the approval of FEMA.
- No encroachment without hydrologic and hydraulic analysis
No encroachments, including fill, new construction, substantial improvements, or other development shall be permitted unless it has been demonstrated through hydrologic and hydraulic analysis that the proposed encroachment will not result in any increase in flood levels.
From the ordinance
Within any floodway area, no encroachments, including fill, new construction, substantial improvements, or other development shall be permitted unless it has been demonstrated through hydrologic and hydraulic analysis... The placement of manufactured homes (mobile homes) is prohibited.