Appomattox County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

19.6-76.3.1(A)(4)

Dimensional standards

Servicing

Geographic extent
Areas shown on FIRM as AO zone

Extracted standards

2 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.

Floodplain

  • Adequate drainage paths

    Adequate drainage paths around structures on slopes shall be provided to guide floodwaters around and away from proposed structures.

  • Lowest floor elevation

    elevated to or above the flood depth specified on the FIRM... if no depth number, no less than two feet above 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... If no flood depth number is specified, the lowest floor... shall be elevated no less than two feet above the highest adjacent grade.
19.6-76.3.1(A)(4)