Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Applies near
- FIRM
- Geographic extent
- Areas designated as AE on the FIRM for which 1% annual chance flood elevations have been provided and floodway has not been delineated.
Extracted standards
2 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Floodplain
- Development increasing BFE may be allowed with CLOMR
Development activities in AE, on the FIRM which increase the water surface elevation of the base flood by more than one foot may be allowed, provided that the applicant first applies with the endorsement of Madison County for a Conditional Letter of Map Revision, and receives the approval of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
- No increase in base flood elevation
No new construction, substantial improvements, or other development shall be permitted unless it is demonstrated that the cumulative effect will not increase the water surface elevation of the base flood more than one foot.
From the ordinance
Until a regulatory floodway is designated, no new construction, substantial improvements, or other development (including fill) shall be permitted within the areas of special flood hazard, designated as AE on the FIRM, unless it is demonstrated that the cumulative effect of the proposed development, when combined with all other existing and anticipated development, will not increase the water surface elevation of the base flood more than one foot at any point within Madison County.