Madison County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Article 11, Section 3.1 A 2

Dimensional standards

Servicing

Geographic extent
Areas designated as AE on the FIRM, where base flood elevations are provided but floodway has not been delineated.

Extracted standards

1 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.

Floodplain

  • No increase in base flood elevation more than 1 foot1 ft

    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 at any point within Madison County.

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... will not increase the water surface elevation of the base flood more than one foot at any point within Madison County.
Article 11, Section 3.1 A 2