Madison County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision
Article III, Section 3.1.A.3
Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Areas designated as A on the FIRM
Extracted standards
2 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Base flood elevation determination
For these areas, the base flood elevations and floodway information from federal, state, and other acceptable sources shall be used, when available. Where the specific one percent annual chance flood elevation cannot be determined for this area using other sources of data... then the applicant for the proposed use, development and/or activity shall determine this base flood elevation.
- Lowest floor elevation1 ft
When such base flood elevation data is utilized, the lowest floor shall be elevated to no less than one (1) foot above the base flood level.
From the ordinance
For these areas, the base flood elevations and floodway information from federal, state, and other acceptable sources shall be used, when available. Where the specific one percent annual chance flood elevation cannot be determined for this area using other sources of data... then the applicant for the proposed use, development and/or activity shall determine this base flood elevation. When such base flood elevation data is utilized, the lowest floor shall be elevated to no less than one (1) foot above the base flood level.