Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Areas identified as AE zones on the Flood Insurance Rate Map for which 100-year flood elevations have been provided.
Extracted standards
2 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Floodplain
- Minimum obstruction to flood flow
Any permitted structure or the filling of land shall be designed, placed, and constructed on the property so as to offer the minimum obstruction to and effect of the flow of floodwaters.
- No increase in base flood elevation1 ft
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 zones A1—30 and AE on the flood insurance rate map, 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 (1) foot at any point within the city.
From the ordinance
In the special floodplain district, the development and/or use of land shall be permitted in accordance with the regulations of the underlying district provided that all such uses, activities, and/or development shall be undertaken in strict compliance with the floodproofing and related provisions contained in this and all other applicable codes and ordinances.