Powhatan County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision
Sec. 83-422(a)(1)
FloodplainAll Powhatan County Unincorporated districts0
Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Areas of special flood hazard with base flood elevations provided on FIRM
Extracted standards
3 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Floodplain
- Flood openings
Fully enclosed areas below the lowest floor shall have a minimum of two openings with total net area of at least one square inch per square foot of enclosed area.
- Non-residential elevation or floodproofing
All new construction and substantial improvements of non-residential structures shall have the lowest floor elevated to or above the base flood elevation plus 18 inches or be completely floodproofed.
- Residential lowest floor elevation18 inches above BFE
All new construction and substantial improvements of residential structures shall have the lowest floor, including basement, elevated to or above the base flood elevation plus 18 inches.
From the ordinance
All new construction and substantial improvements of residential structures shall have the lowest floor, including basement, elevated to or above the base flood elevation plus 18 inches.