Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Applies near
- floodways
- Geographic extent
- Areas within floodways or water courses
Extracted standards
4 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Access road width10 ft
An easement of adequate width to accommodate the flood channel, together with a 10′ wide access road shall be granted.
- Freeboard for flood control facility1 ft
A flood control facility to accommodate the 100 year flood plus one foot freeboard shall be designed and constructed.
- Minimum floor elevation
The lowest floor (including basement) is elevated to or above the level of the 100 year flood.
- Non-residential floodproofing
The construction of new or substantial improvements of non-residential structures shall not be permitted unless the lowest floor (including basement) is elevated to or above the level of the 100 year flood or the structure, including attendant utility and sanitary facilities, is floodproofed to the level of the 100 year flood.
From the ordinance
The construction of new or substantial improvements of permitted residential structures shall not be permitted unless the lowest floor (including basement) is elevated to or above the level of the 100 year flood.