Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Areas identified as zone AO or AH on the Flood Insurance Rate Map.
Extracted standards
3 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Adequate drainage paths
Adequate drainage paths around structures on slopes shall be provided to guide floodwaters around and away from proposed structures.
- Nonresidential elevation or floodproofing
All new construction and substantial improvements of non-residential structures shall have the lowest floor elevated to or above the flood depth specified, or be completely flood-proofed to the specified flood level.
- Residential lowest floor elevation2 ft
If no flood depth number is specified, the lowest floor, including basement, shall be elevated no less than two (2) feet above the highest adjacent grade.
From the ordinance
All new construction and substantial improvements of residential structures shall have the lowest floor, including basement, elevated to or above the flood depth specified on the flood insurance rate map, above the highest adjacent grade at least as high as the depth number specified in feet on the FIRM. If no flood depth number is specified, the lowest floor, including basement, shall be elevated no less than two (2) feet above the highest adjacent grade.