Powhatan County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 83-422(a)(4)

Dimensional standards

Servicing

Geographic extent
Coastal high hazard areas

Extracted standards

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

Floodplain

  • Breakaway walls

    Space below the lowest floor shall be free of obstruction or constructed with breakaway walls with design safe loading resistance of not less than 10 and no more than 20 pounds per square foot.

  • Elevation on pilings

    All new construction and substantial improvements in zones V and VE shall be elevated on pilings or columns so that the bottom of the lowest horizontal structural member is elevated to or above the base flood level plus 18 inches if parallel to wave approach, or at least two feet above base flood level if perpendicular.

  • The use of fill for structural support of buildings is prohibited.

  • Sand dune alteration

    The man-made alteration of sand dunes, which would increase potential flood damage, is prohibited.

  • Space below lowest floor

    The enclosed space below the lowest floor shall be used solely for parking, building access, or storage, and shall be less than 300 square feet.

From the ordinance

All new construction and substantial improvements in zones V and VE shall be elevated on pilings or columns so that the bottom of the lowest horizontal structural member is elevated to or above the base flood level plus 18 inches if parallel to wave approach, or at least two feet above base flood level if perpendicular.
Sec. 83-422(a)(4)