Sec. 90-723(a)6
Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Coastal high hazard areas designated as VE or V on FIRM
Extracted standards
8 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Anchoring to resist flotation
Pile or column foundation anchored to resist flotation, collapse, and lateral movement.
- Breakaway wall design safe loading20 psf
Breakaway wall shall have design safe loading resistance of not less than ten and no more than 20 pounds per square foot.
- Engineer certification
Registered professional engineer or architect shall develop or review structural design and certify compliance.
- FillGrading (cut & fill)Reshaping land by removing earth (cut) or adding it (fill), often capped by volume. for structural support prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
The use of fill for structural support of buildings is prohibited.
- Landward of mean high tide
All new construction shall be located landward of the reach of mean high tide.
- Lowest horizontal structural member elevation1 ft
Bottom of lowest horizontal structural member elevated to at least one foot above base flood level.
- Sand dune alteration prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
The man-made alteration of sand dunes, which would increase potential flood damage, is prohibited.
- Space below lowest floor
Space below lowest floor shall be free of obstruction or constructed with breakaway walls, used solely for parking, access, or storage.
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 at least one foot above the base flood level.