Winchester, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 14.1-3-1.A.2

Dimensional standards

Servicing

Applies near
FIRM AE/AH zones
Geographic extent
Areas on the FIRM designated as AE or AH zones where one-percent annual chance flood elevations are provided and floodway has not been delineated.

Extracted standards

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

Other

  • No development causing more than 1 foot increase in base flood elevation1 ft

    No new construction, substantial improvements, or other development (including fill) shall be permitted ... unless it is demonstrated that the cumulative effect ... 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

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.
Sec. 14.1-3-1.A.2