Article 7, Division 2 - Floodplain Overlay District, Sec. 23-7.2.2
Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Applies near
- Special Flood Hazard Areas (SFHA) as shown on FIRM
- Geographic extent
- All lands within the jurisdiction of Spotsylvania County identified as areas of special flood hazard as shown on the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) or included in the Flood Insurance Study (FIS) provided by FEMA.
Uses
Prohibited3
- manufactured home (except in existing manufactured home park or subdivision)
- septic drainfields
- accessory structures (except water-dependent)
Extracted standards
8 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Manufactured homesManufactured homeA dwelling built in a factory to a federal standard and transported to the site. prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. except in existing manufactured homeManufactured homeA dwelling built in a factory to a federal standard and transported to the site. parks or subdivisions
The placement of manufactured homes is prohibited, except in an existing manufactured home park or subdivision.
- Maximum accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure size600 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Accessory structures are not to exceed 600 square feet.
- Minimum opening area for enclosed areas below lowest floor1 sqin per sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
The total net area of all openings must be at least one (1) square inch for each square foot of enclosed area subject to flooding.
- Nonresidential floodproofing elevation above base flood elevation2 ft
Nonresidential structures located in all A1-30, AE, and AH zones may be floodproofed in lieu of being elevated provided that all areas of the building components below the elevation corresponding to the BFE plus two (2) feet are water tight...
- Residential lowest floor elevation above base flood elevation1.5 ft
New construction or substantial improvement of any principal residential structure (including manufactured homes) in Zones A1-30, 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 eighteen (18) inches.
- Residential lowest floor elevation above highest adjacent grade in AO zone2 ft
If no flood depth number is specified, the lowest floor, including basement, shall be elevated no less than two (2) feet above the highest adjacent grade.
- Septic drainfields prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
Septic drainfields shall be prohibited within the floodplain.
- Subdivision proposals must have public utilitiesPublic utilitiesInfrastructure serving the wider area — substations, pump stations, towers. and facilities located to minimize flood damage
All subdivision proposals shall have public utilities and facilities such as sewer, gas, electrical and water systems located and constructed to minimize flood damage.
From the ordinance
These provisions shall apply to all privately-owned and publicly-owned lands within the jurisdiction of the County of Spotsylvania and identified as areas of special flood hazard as shown on the flood insurance rate map (FIRM) or included in the flood insurance study (FIS) that are provided to the County by FEMA.