Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Areas identified as A Zone (Approximated FloodplainFloodplainLand expected to flood at a stated frequency, where building carries extra conditions.) on the FIRM for Surry County, Virginia.
Extracted standards
3 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Base flood elevation determination
For these areas, the base flood elevations and floodway information from federal, state, and other acceptable sources shall be used, when 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.
- Elevation certificate required
During the permitting process, the floodplain administrator shall obtain: 1) The elevation of the lowest floor (in relation to mean sea level, including the basement), of all new and substantially improved structures; and, 2) If the structure has been flood-proofed, the elevation to which the structure has been flood-proofed.
- Lowest floor elevation BFE + 18 inches18 in
When such base flood elevation data is utilized, the lowest floor shall be elevated to or above the base flood level plus 18 inches.
From the ordinance
When such base flood elevation data is utilized, the lowest floor shall be elevated to or above the base flood level plus 18 inches.