Orange County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Sec 70-586(a)

Uses

Extracted standards

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

Floodplain

  • The placement of manufactured homes (mobile homes) is prohibited, except in an existing manufactured home (mobile home) park or subdivision. A replacement manufactured home may be placed on a lot in an existing manufactured home park or subdivision provided the anchoring, elevation, and encroachment standards are met.

  • No encroachment unless no flood level increase

    Within any floodway area, no encroachments, including fill, new construction, substantial improvements, or other development shall be permitted unless it has been demonstrated through hydrologic and hydraulic analysis performed in accordance with standard engineering practice that the proposed encroachment will not result in any increase in flood levels within the County during the occurrence of the base flood discharge.

From the ordinance

Within any floodway area, no encroachments, including fill, new construction, substantial improvements, or other development shall be permitted unless it has been demonstrated through hydrologic and hydraulic analysis performed in accordance with standard engineering practice that the proposed encroachment will not result in any increase in flood levels within the County during the occurrence of the base flood discharge.
Sec 70-586(a)