Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Applies near
- flood hazard areas
- Geographic extent
- All identified flood hazard areas where base flood elevations have been provided in the FIS or generated by a certified professional
Extracted standards
10 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Floodplain
- Flood resistant materials below regulatory flood protection elevation
Be constructed entirely of flood resistant materials below the regulatory flood protection elevation;
- Enclosed area below regulatory flood protection elevation use
Not be designed or used for human habitation, but shall only be used for parking of vehicles, building access, or limited storage of maintenance equipment used in connection with the premises.
- Manufactured homeManufactured homeA dwelling built in a factory to a federal standard and transported to the site. elevation requirement
All manufactured homes placed, or substantially improved, on individual lots or parcels, must meet all the requirements for new construction, including the elevation and anchoring requirements in sections 42-476 and 42-477.
- Minimum total net area of openings1 sqin/sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
The total net area of all openings must be at least one (1) square inch for each square foot of enclosed area subject to flooding.
- Minimum number of openings for hydrostatic equalization2 count
Provide a minimum of two openings on different sides of each enclosed area subject to flooding.
- Nonresidential lowest floor elevation above BFE1.5 ft
lowest floor, including basement, elevated to or above the base flood level plus 18 inches.
- Nonresidential floodproofing elevation above BFE2 ft
floodproofed ... below the elevation corresponding to the BFE plus two feet
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. of opening bottom above grade1 ft
The bottom of all required openings shall be no higher than one foot above the adjacent grade.
- Recreational vehicle 180-day limit180 days
Be on the site for fewer than 180 consecutive days, be fully licensed and ready for highway use
- Residential lowest floor elevation above BFE1.5 ft
lowest floor, including basement, elevated to or above the base flood level plus 18 inches.
From the ordinance
New construction or substantial improvement of any residential structure (including manufactured homes) in zones A1-30, AE, AH and A with detailed base flood elevations shall have the lowest floor, including basement, elevated to or above the base flood level plus 18 inches.