(a) All buildings shall be constructed with the lowest floor level at least 18 inches above the crown of the highest street perpendicular to the foundation to which the property abuts. When an applicant for a building permit submits plans for review by the Town of the proposed construction, the building plans of the principal structure shall be fully dimensioned sealed to-scale drawings, clearly showing street elevation, existing property elevation, proposed finished floor elevation, FEMA flood zones and elevation, and maximum height.
(b) All buildings shall be elevated as required by federal, state and local minimum elevations. The greatest of the minimum elevations stipulated by any of the governmental agencies with jurisdiction shall be required. Any elevation of a building above the required elevation will be included in the measurement of building height. In the absence of higher federal or state elevations, the Town of Melbourne Beach requires minimum building elevations to be measured from a point 18 inches above the crown of the street on which the property abuts. In the event the existing grade of a property is higher than 18 inches above the crown of the road or higher than federal or state requirements then the building height shall be measured from the existing grade.
(`75 Code, Appendix A, Art. VII, § 7) (Ord. passed 9-26-72; Am. Ord. 2004-01, adopted 9-15-04; Am. Ord. 2006-08, adopted 8-30-06; Am. Ord. 2017-05, adopted 12-20-17)