Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Applies near
- FIRM AO zones
- Geographic extent
- Areas on the FIRM designated as AO zones of shallow flooding with base flood depths from one to three feet.
Extracted standards
3 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Adequate drainage paths on slopes
Adequate drainage paths around structures on slopes shall be provided to guide floodwaters around and away from proposed structures.
- Non-residential elevation or floodproofing in AO zones2 ft
All new construction and substantial improvements of non-residential structures shall: (1) Have the lowest floor, including basement, elevated to or above the flood depth specified on the FIRM, above the highest adjacent grade at least as high as the depth number specified in feet on the FIRM. If no flood depth number is specified, the lowest floor, including basement, shall be elevated at least two feet above the highest adjacent grade; or, (2) Together with attendant utility and sanitary facilities be completely floodproofed to the specified flood level...
- Residential lowest floor elevation in AO zones2 ft
All new construction and substantial improvements of residential structures shall have the lowest floor, including basement, elevated to or above the flood depth specified on the FIRM, above the highest adjacent grade at least as high as the depth number specified in feet on the FIRM. If no flood depth number is specified, the lowest floor, including basement, shall be elevated no less than two feet above the highest adjacent grade.
From the ordinance
All new construction and substantial improvements of residential structures shall have the lowest floor, including basement, elevated to or above the flood depth specified on the FIRM, above the highest adjacent grade at least as high as the depth number specified in feet on the FIRM. If no flood depth number is specified, the lowest floor, including basement, shall be elevated no less than two feet above the highest adjacent grade.