Land use · Claremont, Virginia

Fill for structural support

How this ordinance defines it

The operative definition is the local one. Codes routinely subdivide a category into tiers — “day care 2, family”, “group home 2” — and attach different permissions to each, so only Claremont’s own text settles what this covers.

enclosed space shall be less than 300 square feet. g. The use of fill for structural support of buildings is prohibited. When nonstructural fill is proposed in a coastal high hazard area, appropriate engineering analyses shall be conducted

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