Sec. 32-501.09
Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Areas of special flood hazard according to FEMA FIRM, including floodway, floodway fringe, approximated floodplainFloodplainLand expected to flood at a stated frequency, where building carries extra conditions., coastal high hazard, non-tidal flood zone, and tidal flood zone subdistricts
Uses
Permitted by right5
- agricultural uses
- industrial-commercial surface parking and loading areas
- private and public recreational uses
- residential lawns, gardens, surface parking areas, and play areas
- roads and culverts, and utility lines
Prohibited1
- all other uses not listed as permitted, unless exception granted
Extracted standards
3 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Floodplain
- For lots with min area <=5 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones., at least 1 acreacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones. or min lotMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. area (whichever less) must be outside floodplainFloodplainLand expected to flood at a stated frequency, where building carries extra conditions.
For lots where the minimum lot area is five acres or less: the minimum lot area required by the zoning district or one acre, whichever is less, shall be located outside the limits of the 100-year floodplain; or for lots where the minimum required area is greater than five acres: a minimum of two acres shall be located outside the limits of the 100-year floodplain.
- Residential lots in districts with min lotMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. area <=10,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. cannot be platted in 100-year floodplainFloodplainLand expected to flood at a stated frequency, where building carries extra conditions.10,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Residential lots in zoning districts where the required lot area is 10,000 square feet or less shall not be platted within the 100-year floodplain as established in accordance with Part 501.
Other
- Flood hazard use permit required for all development
A flood hazard use permit shall be required for all development (as defined herein) in the flood hazard district.
From the ordinance
The following uses and activities... shall be permitted within the floodway fringe to the extent that they are not prohibited by any other provision of this chapter...