Nelson County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Section 10-8 A.2 and Section 10-13 D

Dimensional standards

Servicing

Applies near
Floodway
Geographic extent
Areas within the floodplainFloodplainLand expected to flood at a stated frequency, where building carries extra conditions. that must be capable of carrying the waters of the 100-year flood without increasing the water surface elevation more than 1 foot

Uses

Extracted standards

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

Floodplain

  • Maximum increase in water surface elevation1 ft

    The floodway must be capable of carrying the waters of the 100-year flood without increasing the water surface elevation more than 1 foot.

From the ordinance

The Floodway District is delineated using the criterion that certain areas within the floodplain must be capable of carrying the waters of the one hundred (100)-year flood without increasing the water surface elevation of that flood more than one (1) foot at any point.
Section 10-8 A.2 and Section 10-13 D