Winchester, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 14.1-3-1.A.2

Dimensional standards

Servicing

Applies near
AE or AH Zones on FIRM
Geographic extent
Areas on the FIRM for which one-percent annual chance flood elevations have been provided and the floodway has not been delineated.

Extracted standards

1 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.

Floodplain

  • Development restriction without floodway

    Until a regulatory floodway is designated, no new construction, substantial improvements, or other development (including fill) shall be permitted within the areas of special flood hazard, designated as Zones A1-30, AE, or AH on the FIRM, unless it is demonstrated that the cumulative effect of the proposed development, when combined with all other existing and anticipated development, will not increase the water surface elevation of the base flood more than one foot at any point within the City of Winchester.

From the ordinance

The AE, or AH Zones on the FIRM accompanying the FIS shall be those areas for which one-percent annual chance flood elevations have been provided and the floodway has not been delineated.
Sec. 14.1-3-1.A.2