Tappahannock, Virginia · General provision
Article III, Section 3.1.A.6
OverlayAll Tappahannock districts0
Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Areas shown as VE or V on FIRM
Extracted standards
4 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Breakaway walls design
Space below lowest floor free of obstruction or constructed with breakaway walls with design safe loading resistance of 10-20 psf.
- FillGrading (cut & fill)Reshaping land by removing earth (cut) or adding it (fill), often capped by volume. for structural support prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
The use of fill for structural support of buildings is prohibited.
- Lowest horizontal structural member elevation
Bottom of lowest horizontal structural member elevated to BFE + 18 inches (parallel) or at least 2 feet above BFE (perpendicular).
- Man-made alteration of sand dunes 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.
From the ordinance
All new construction and substantial improvements in Zones V and VE, including manufactured homes, shall be elevated on pilings or columns so that: (1) The bottom of the lowest horizontal structural member of the lowest floor... is elevated to or above the base flood level plus 18 inches... or elevated at least two feet above the base flood level if the lowest horizontal structural member is perpendicular to the direction of wave approach; ...