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Suffolk, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 31-416.2(c)(1)(F)

Coastal High HazardAll Suffolk districts0

Dimensional standards

Servicing

Applies near
Coastal High Hazard Area (VE/V Zone)
Geographic extent
Areas known as Coastal High Hazard areas, extending from offshore to the inland limit of a primary frontal dune along an open coast, as shown on FIRMs as Zones V and VE.

Uses

Prohibited2

Extracted standards

8 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.

Floodplain

  • VE breakaway wall maximum load20 psf

    a breakaway wall shall have a design safe loading resistance of not less than 10 and no more than 20 pounds per square foot

  • VE breakaway wall minimum load10 psf

    a breakaway wall shall have a design safe loading resistance of not less than 10 and no more than 20 pounds per square foot

  • VE dune alteration prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.

    The man-made alteration of sand dunes, which would increase potential flood damage, is prohibited.

  • VE elevation (parallel to wave approach)

    The bottom of the lowest horizontal structural member of the lowest floor (excluding the pilings or columns) is elevated to or above the base flood level if the lowest horizontal structural member is parallel to the direction of wave approach

  • VE elevation (perpendicular to wave approach)1 ft

    elevated at least one foot above the base flood level if the lowest horizontal structural member is perpendicular to the direction of wave approach

  • VE enclosure use restriction

    The enclosed space below the lowest floor shall be used solely for parking of vehicles, building access, or storage. Such space shall not be partitioned into multiple rooms, temperature-controlled, or used for human habitation.

  • VE fillGrading (cut & fill)Reshaping land by removing earth (cut) or adding it (fill), often capped by volume. prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.

    The use of fill for structural support of buildings is prohibited.

  • VE landward of mean high tide

    All new construction shall be located landward of the reach of mean high tide.

From the ordinance

The VE or V Zones on FIRMs accompanying the FIS shall be those areas that are known as Coastal High Hazard areas, extending from offshore to the inland limit of a primary frontal dune along an open coast.
Sec. 31-416.2(c)(1)(F)