Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Applies near
- Flood Insurance Rate Map
- Geographic extent
- Special flood hazard areas (SFHA) according to the flood insurance rate map (FIRM) for Loudoun County, Virginia
Extracted standards
4 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Floodplain
- Lowest floor elevation
New construction or substantial improvement of any residential structure (including manufactured homes) in zones AE, AH and A with detailed base flood elevations shall have the lowest floor, including basement, elevated to or above the base flood level plus one foot.
The placement of manufactured homes (mobile homes) is prohibited, except in an existing manufactured home (mobile home) park or subdivision.
- No increase in base flood elevation
No new construction or development shall be permitted within the floodplain overlay district unless it is demonstrated through hydrologic and hydraulic analysis performed in accordance with standard engineering practice that the cumulative effect of the proposed development, when combined with all other existing and anticipated development will not increase the elevation of the base flood.
- Zoning permit required
All uses, activities and development, including placement of manufactured homes, occurring within the floodplain overlay district shall be undertaken only upon the issuance of a zoning permit.
From the ordinance
The floodplain overlay district is hereby established as an overlay district...