Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Applies to all lands within the jurisdiction of Surry County, Virginia identified as areas of special flood hazard according to the flood insurance rate map (FIRM) provided by FEMA.
Extracted standards
7 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Coastal A Zone maximum wave heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.3 ft
wave heights between one and one-half feet and three feet
- Coastal A Zone minimum wave heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.1.5 ft
wave heights between one and one-half feet and three feet
- Maximum floodway water surface elevation increase1 ft
without cumulatively increasing the water surface elevation more than one foot at any point within the community
- Shallow flooding maximum depth3 ft
base flood depths from one to three feet
- Shallow flooding minimum depth1 ft
base flood depths from one to three feet
- Start of construction period180 days
provided the actual start of construction ... was within 180 days of the permit date
- Substantial improvement threshold50 pct
the cost of which equals or exceeds 50 percent of the market value of the structure
From the ordinance
These provisions shall apply to all privately and publicly owned lands within the jurisdiction of Surry County, Virginia and identified as areas of special flood hazard according to the flood insurance rate map (FIRM) that is provided to the County of Surry, Virginia by FEMA.