Sec. 66-546 through 66-559
Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Applies near
- Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) and Flood Insurance Study (FIS) for Washington County
- Geographic extent
- All lands within the jurisdiction of the county identified as being floodprone as stipulated in this division, including floodway, floodway fringe, and approximated floodplainFloodplainLand expected to flood at a stated frequency, where building carries extra conditions. areas as shown on the FEMA DFIRM.
Uses
Permitted by right3
- Agricultural uses (general farming, pasture, grazing, outdoor plant nurseries, horticulture, truck farming, forestry, wild-crop harvesting)
- Public and private recreational uses (parks, day camps, picnic grounds, golf courses, swimming areas, hiking and horseback riding trails, wildlife and nature preserves, game farms, fish hatcheries, fishing areas)
- Open accessory residential uses (yard areas, gardens, play areas, previous loading areas) - no storage or structures
Conditional / special use4
- Structures (except manufactured homes) accessory to permitted uses
- Utilities and public services
- Temporary uses (circuses, carnivals, similar activities)
- Other similar uses that cause no increase in flood heights/velocities
Prohibited2
- Any use, structure, fill, deposit, obstruction, or storage that affects floodway capacity or unduly increases flood limits
- Manufactured homes (specifically prohibited)
Extracted standards
4 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Floodplain
- Floodproofing and elevation requirements
All uses, activities and development shall be undertaken in strict compliance with the elevation, floodproofing and related provisions contained in the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code.
- No development increasing flood heights
No development shall be permitted which increases flood heights and produces hazardous velocities. The effect of such development on flood heights must be offset by accompanying improvements approved by all federal, state and local authorities.
- 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.
The placement of any manufactured home within the Flood Hazard district is specifically prohibited.
Variances shall be issued only upon showing of good and sufficient cause, exceptional hardship, and no unacceptable increases in flood heights, threats to public safety, or extraordinary public expense.
From the ordinance
The flood hazard districts shall include areas subject to inundation by waters of the 100-year flood. The basis for delineation is the DFIRM and FIS. No use, structure, fill, deposit, obstruction and/or storage of materials or equipment will be permitted that affects floodway capacity. Manufactured homes are prohibited.