Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Areas designated as AE or AH zones on FIRM where floodway has not been delineated
Extracted standards
2 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- CLOMR for increased flood levels
Development activities in zones AE, or AH on the City of Radford FIRM which increase the water surface elevation of the base flood by more than one foot may be allowed, provided that the applicant first applies, with the City of Radford endorsement, for a conditional letter of map revision, and receives the approval of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
- Cumulative effect no increase >1 ft1 ft
No new construction, substantial improvements, or other development (including fill) shall be permitted unless it is demonstrated that the cumulative effect of the proposed development, when combined with all other existing and anticipated development, will not increase the water surface elevation of the base flood more than one foot at any point within the City of Radford.
From the ordinance
Until a regulatory floodway is designated, no new construction, substantial improvements, or other development (including fill) shall be permitted within the areas of special flood hazard, designated as zones AE, or AH on the FIRM, unless it is demonstrated that the cumulative effect of the proposed development, when combined with all other existing and anticipated development, will not increase the water surface elevation of the base flood more than one foot at any point within the City of Radford.