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
Prohibited3
- critical facilities
- storage of hazardous materials for more than 30 days
- placement of non-native fill materials
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.