§ 180-16K(5)
Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Areas identified as AE Zone on the Flood Insurance Rate Maps accompanying the Flood Insurance Study for which base flood elevations have been provided but no floodway has been delineated
Extracted standards
5 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Floodplain
- ConditionalConditional useAllowed only after a discretionary approval — usually a public hearing and a board vote. Letter of Map Revision for increased flood elevation
Development activities within the AE flood zone on the Warren County Flood Insurance Rate Map which increase the water surface elevation of the base flood by more than one foot may be allowed, provided that the developer or applicant first applies, with the Board of Supervisor's endorsement, for a conditional flood insurance rate map revision (CLOMR) and receives the approval of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
- Elevation certificate required
An elevation certificate which states the elevation (in relation to the mean sea level) of the lowest floor (including the basement) of all new and substantially improved structures.
- Floodproofing documentation
Documentation that the structure has been floodproofed in accordance with the requirements of § 180-16K(3).
Other
- Lowest floor elevation above base flood elevation2.5 ft
Any new construction or substantial improvement of any residential structure (including manufactured homes) shall have the lowest floor, including basement, elevated no lower than 2 1/2 feet above the base flood elevation (30" above BFE).
Setback
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from regulatory floodway50 ft
Any new construction or development must meet a linear setback of 50 feet from the edge of the regulatory floodway as determined in the Flood Insurance Study or through a base floodwater surface elevation analysis completed by a certified engineer or topological field survey by a licensed surveyor.
From the ordinance
New construction, substantial improvements, or other development (including fill) shall be permitted within the areas of special flood hazard, designated as AE on the Flood Rate Insurance Map and located and setback 50 feet outside of the regulatory floodway.