Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Applies near
- FIRM Zone A
- Geographic extent
- Areas on the FIRM designated as Zone A where no detailed flood profiles or elevations are provided, but the one percent annual chance floodplainFloodplainLand expected to flood at a stated frequency, where building carries extra conditions. boundary has been approximated.
Extracted standards
2 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Applicant must determine base flood elevation if not available
Where the specific one percent annual chance flood elevation cannot be determined for this area using other sources of data, then the applicant for the proposed use, development and/or activity shall determine this base flood elevation.
- Lowest floor elevated to BFE + 1 foot1 ft
When such base flood elevation data is utilized, the lowest floor shall be elevated to or above the base flood level plus one foot.
From the ordinance
The Approximated Floodplain District shall be that floodplain area for which no detailed flood profiles or elevations are provided, but where a one percent annual chance floodplain boundary has been approximated. ... Where the specific one percent annual chance flood elevation cannot be determined for this area using other sources of data, then the applicant for the proposed use, development and/or activity shall determine this base flood elevation.