Prince William County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision
Part 501, Sec. 32-501.14
Extracted standards
2 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Floodplain
- No varianceVariancePermission to depart from a specific dimensional rule, granted on a showing of hardship. causing increase in flood elevation
No variance shall be granted for any proposed use, development, or activity within any floodway district that will cause any increase in the one percent chance flood elevation.
- VarianceVariancePermission to depart from a specific dimensional rule, granted on a showing of hardship. lot size limit0.5 acreacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
While the granting of variance generally is limited to a lot size less than one-half acre, deviations from that limitation may occur.
From the ordinance
No variance shall be granted for any proposed use, development, or activity within any floodway district that will cause any increase in the one percent chance flood elevation.