Municipality · Virginia

Covington

The ordinance has been retrieved, read and turned into structured rules.
11
Districts
234
Extracted rules
768
Standards
28
Chapters read

Zoning districts

11 districts, grouped by category.

General provisions

223 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.

Article III, Section 3.1.A.12 standards

Within any floodway area, no encroachments, including fill, new construction, substantial improvements, or other development shall be permitted unless it has been demonstrated through hydrologic and hydraulic analysis ... that the proposed encroachment will not result in any increase in flood levels within the community during the occurrence of the base flood discharge.

Article III, Section 3.1.A.12 standards

Within any floodway area, no encroachments, including fill, new construction, substantial improvements, or other development shall be permitted unless it has been demonstrated through hydrologic and hydraulic analysis that the proposed encroachment will not result in any increase in flood levels within the community during the occurrence of the base flood discharge.

Article III, Section 3.1.A.22 standards

Until a regulatory floodway is designated, no new construction, substantial improvements, or other development (including fill) shall be permitted within the areas of special flood hazard, designated as Zones A1-30, AE, or AH on the FIRM, unless it is demonstrated that the cumulative effect of the proposed development... will not increase the water surface elevation of the base flood more than one foot at any point within the City of Covington.

Article III, Section 3.1.A.22 standards

Until a regulatory floodway is designated, no new construction, substantial improvements, or other development (including fill) shall be permitted within the areas of special flood hazard, designated as Zones A1-30, AE, or AH on the FIRM, unless it is demonstrated that the cumulative effect of the proposed development... will not increase the water surface elevation of the base flood more than one foot at any point within the City of Covington.

Article III, Section 3.1.A.21 standards

Until a regulatory floodway is designated, no new construction, substantial improvements, or other development (including fill) shall be permitted within the areas of special flood hazard, designated as Zones A1-30, AE, or AH on the FIRM, unless it is demonstrated that the cumulative effect of the proposed development... will not increase the water surface elevation of the base flood more than one foot at any point within the City of Covington.

Article III, Section 3.1.A.22 standards

Until a regulatory floodway is designated, no new construction, substantial improvements, or other development (including fill) shall be permitted within the areas of special flood hazard, designated as Zones A1-30, AE, or AH on the FIRM, unless it is demonstrated that the cumulative effect of the proposed development, when combined with all other existing and anticipated development, will not increase the water surface elevation of the base flood more than one foot at any point within the City of Covington.

Article III, Section 3.1.A.22 standards

No new construction, substantial improvements, or other development (including fill) shall be permitted within the areas of special flood hazard, designated as Zones A1-30, AE, or AH on the FIRM, unless it is demonstrated that the cumulative effect of the proposed development, when combined with all other existing and anticipated development, will not increase the water surface elevation of the base flood more than one foot at any point within the City of Covington.

Article III, Section 3.1.A.32 standards

When such base flood elevation data is utilized, the lowest floor shall be elevated to or above the base flood level plus eighteen (18) inches.

Article III, Section 3.1.A.31 standards

When such base flood elevation data is utilized, the lowest floor shall be elevated to or above the base flood level plus eighteen (18) inches.

Article III, Section 3.1.A.33 standards

When such base flood elevation data is utilized, the lowest floor shall be elevated to or above the base flood level plus eighteen (18) inches.

Article III, Section 3.1.A.33 standards

When such base flood elevation data is utilized, the lowest floor shall be elevated to or above the base flood level plus eighteen (18) inches.

Article III, Section 3.1.A.43 standards

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, above the highest adjacent grade at least as high as the depth number specified in feet on the FIRM. If no flood depth number is specified, the lowest floor, including basement, shall be elevated no less than two feet above the highest adjacent grade.

Article III, Section 3.1.A.42 standards

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, above the highest adjacent grade at least as high as the depth number specified in feet on the FIRM. If no flood depth number is specified, the lowest floor, including basement, shall be elevated no less than two feet above the highest adjacent grade.

Article III, Section 3.1.A.43 standards

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, above the highest adjacent grade at least as high as the depth number specified in feet on the FIRM. If no flood depth number is specified, the lowest floor, including basement, shall be elevated no less than two feet above the highest adjacent grade.

Article III, Section 3.1.A.43 standards

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, above the highest adjacent grade at least as high as the depth number specified in feet on the FIRM. If no flood depth number is specified, the lowest floor, including basement, shall be elevated no less than two feet above the highest adjacent grade.

Article III, Section 3.1.A.51 standards

Buildings and structures within this zone shall have the lowest floor elevated to or above the base flood elevation plus one foot of freeboard, and must comply with the provisions in Article III, Section 3.1.A.2 and Article IV, Sections 4.2 and 4.3.

Article III, Section 3.1.A.51 standards

Buildings and structures within this zone shall have the lowest floor elevated to or above the base flood elevation plus one foot of freeboard, and must comply with the provisions in Article III, Section 3.1.A.2 and Article IV, Sections 4.2 and 4.3.

Article III, Section 3.1.A.51 standards

Buildings and structures within this zone shall have the lowest floor elevated to or above the base flood elevation plus one foot of freeboard, and must comply with the provisions in Article III, Section 3.1.A.2 and Article IV, Sections 4.2 and 4.3.

Article III, Section 3.1.A.51 standards

Buildings and structures within this zone shall have the lowest floor elevated to or above the base flood elevation plus one foot of freeboard, and must comply with the provisions in Article III, Section 3.1.A.2 and Article IV, Sections 4.2 and 4.3.

Article III, Section 3.1.A.66 standards

All new construction and substantial improvements in Zones V and VE, including manufactured homes, shall be elevated on pilings or columns so that: (1) The bottom of the lowest horizontal structural member of the lowest floor (excluding the pilings or columns) is elevated to or above the base flood level plus eighteen (18) inches if the lowest horizontal structural member is parallel to the direction of wave approach or elevated at least two feet above the base flood level if the lowest horizontal structural member is perpendicular to the direction of wave approach;

Source documents

The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.