Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Applies to all floodplainFloodplainLand expected to flood at a stated frequency, where building carries extra conditions. districts within the City
Extracted standards
4 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Floodplain
- No adverse effect on channels/floodways
Under no circumstances shall any use, activity, and/or development adversely affect the capacity of the channels or floodways of any watercourse, drainage ditch, or any other drainage facility or system.
- FloodplainFloodplainLand expected to flood at a stated frequency, where building carries extra conditions. development permit required
All uses, activities, and development occurring within any floodplain district, including placement of manufactured or mobile homes, shall be undertaken only upon the issuance of a zoning permit.
Other
- VarianceVariancePermission to depart from a specific dimensional rule, granted on a showing of hardship. lot size limit for new construction in floodplainFloodplainLand expected to flood at a stated frequency, where building carries extra conditions.0.5 acreacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
Variances may be issued by the Board of Zoning Appeals for new construction and substantial improvements to be erected on a lot of one-half acre or less in size contiguous to and surrounded by lots with existing structures constructed below the base flood level.
- VarianceVariancePermission to depart from a specific dimensional rule, granted on a showing of hardship. scope limited to heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first., area, size, common area, or distance separation
A variance may be granted only to modify the height, area, size, common area, or distance separation requirements of this Chapter, or to construct on substandard lots as defined in this Chapter.
From the ordinance
All uses, activities, and development occurring within any floodplain district, including placement of manufactured or mobile homes, shall be undertaken only upon the issuance of a zoning permit.