FP-2
Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Areas shown as 'A,' 'A1' through 'A30,' 'AO,' 'AE,' 'AH,' 'A99' and 'M' on the December 3, 2009 or most current federal FIRMs and FHBMs and to areas in which the County has determined to be a special flood hazard area.
Uses
Permitted by right6
- Agriculture
- Public flood control facilities and devices
- Public utility facilities
- Public parks and recreation areas
- Accessory uses and structures entirely of a storage nature that are less than one hundred twenty (120) square feet in floor area or five hundred (500) square feet for a wood frame garage
- Walls, wood fences, and chain link fences that satisfy the applicable development standards
Conditional / special use2
- Other structures and uses, including manufactured homes, permitted by the base district which meet the additional standards
- Commercial extraction related to flood control purposes
Accessory2
- accessory storage structures (<120 sqft or <500 sqft wood frame garage)
- walls and fences
Prohibited3
- Structures and uses that would increase flood elevations during the occurrence of a base flood discharge
- Landfills, excavations, and grading or the storage of materials and equipment that would result in any diversion or increase in erosion, flood elevations, or related hazards to people or property
- Storage or disposal of floatable substances and materials or of chemicals, explosives, and toxic materials
Extracted standards
5 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Floodplain
- Lowest floor elevation above base flood1 ft
the elevation of the lowest floor, including the basement or cellar, shall be at least one (1) foot above the base flood elevation.
- Lowest floor elevation in Zone AO3 ft
In FIRM Zone AO, new and substantially improved residential structures shall have their lowest floor (including basement) elevated above the highest adjacent grade and at least as high as the depth number on the FIRM plus one (1) foot, or not less than three (3) feet if a depth number is not specified.
- Lowest floor elevation in Zone AO nonresidential3 ft
In FIRM Zone AO, new and substantially improved nonresidential structures shall have their lowest floor (including basement) elevated above, or completely floodproofed above, the highest adjacent grade and to at least as high as the depth number on the FIRM plus one (1) foot, or not less than three (3) feet if a depth number is not specified.
- Manufactured homeManufactured homeA dwelling built in a factory to a federal standard and transported to the site. lowest floor elevation1 ft
Within Zones A1-30, AH, and AE on the County's FIRM, be elevated on a permanent foundation such that the lowest floor of the manufactured home is elevated to at least one (1) foot above the base flood elevation
- Manufactured homeManufactured homeA dwelling built in a factory to a federal standard and transported to the site. lowest floor elevation in Zone AO3 ft
Within Zone AO on the County's FIRM, be elevated on a permanent foundation such that the lowest floor of the manufactured home is elevated above the highest adjacent grade and at least as high as the depth number on the FIRM, plus one (1) foot, or not less than three (3) feet if a depth number is not specified
From the ordinance
The FP-2 applies to areas shown as 'A,' 'A1' through 'A30,' 'AO,' 'AE,' 'AH,' 'A99' and 'M' on the December 3, 2009 or most current federal FIRMs and FHBMs and to areas in which the County has determined to be a special flood hazard area.