Unless otherwise expressly stated, the following terms shall
be defined and have the meanings as follows:
A use or structure on the same lot with, and of a nature
customarily incidental and subordinate to, the principal use or structure.
The legal owner or authorized agent filing an application
on the owner's behalf for the purpose of obtaining a permit.
A flood which has a one-percent chance of being equaled or
exceeded in any given year (also called the "one-hundred-year flood"
or "one-percent-annual-chance flood").
The volume of water resulting from a base flood as it passes
a given location within a given time, usually expressed in cubic feet
per second (cfs).
The elevation shown on the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM)
for Zones AE and A that indicates the water surface elevation resulting
from a flood that has a one-percent or greater chance of being equaled
or exceeded in any given year.
Any area of the building having its floor below ground level
on all sides.
A combination of materials to form a permanent structure
having walls and a roof. Included shall be all manufactured homes,
trailers and recreational vehicles used for human habitation for any
length of time.
A space which will remain totally dry during flooding; the
structure is designed and constructed to prevent the passage of water
and water vapor.
Any man-made change to improved or unimproved real estate,
including but not limited to the construction, reconstruction, renovation,
repair, expansion, or alteration of buildings or other structures;
the placement of manufactured homes; streets or other paving; utilities;
filling, grading and excavation; mining; dredging; drilling operations;
storage of equipment or materials; and the subdivision of land.
A space which will remain dry during flooding, except for
the passage of some water vapor or minor seepage; the structure is
substantially impermeable to the passage of water.
A manufactured home park or subdivision for which the construction
of facilities for servicing the lots on which the manufactured homes
are to be affixed, including, at a minimum, the installation of utilities,
the construction of streets, and either final site grading or the
pouring of concrete pads, is completed before the effective date of
the floodplain management regulations adopted by the community.
The preparation of additional sites by the construction of
facilities for servicing the lots on which the manufactured homes
are to be affixed (including the installation of utilities, the construction
of streets, and either final site grading or the pouring of concrete
pads).
A temporary inundation of normally dry land areas.
The official map on which the Federal Emergency Management
Agency has delineated both the areas of special flood hazards and
the risk premium zones applicable to the community.
The official report provided by the Federal Emergency Management
Agency that includes flood profiles, the Flood Insurance Rate Map,
the Flood Boundary and Floodway Map, and the water surface elevation
of the base flood.
The individual designated by the Director of Economic Development
and Neighborhood Revitalization to administer the floodplain regulations.
A relatively flat or low land area adjacent to a watercourse
which is subject to partial or complete inundation from an adjoining
or nearby stream, river or watercourse, and/or any area subject to
the unusual and rapid accumulation of surface waters from any source.
Any combination of structural and nonstructural additions,
changes or adjustments to structures which reduce or eliminate flood
damage to real estate or improved real property, water and sanitary
facilities, structures and their contents.
The areas identified as "floodway" in the FIS which represents
the channel of a watercourse and the adjacent land areas that must
be reserved in order to discharge the base flood without cumulatively
increasing the water surface elevation by more than one foot at any
point.
The highest natural elevation of the ground surface prior
to construction next to the proposed walls of a structure.
Any structure that is:
Listed individually in the National Register of Historic Places
(a listing maintained by the Department of the Interior) or preliminarily
determined by the Secretary of the Interior as meeting the requirements
for individual listing in the National Register.
Certified or preliminarily determined by the Secretary of the
Interior as contributing to the historical significance of a registered
historic district.
Individually listed on a state inventory of historic places
in states with historic preservation programs which have been approved
by the Secretary of the Interior.
The lowest floor of the lowest fully enclosed area (including
basement). An unfinished, flood-resistant, partially enclosed area,
used solely for the parking of vehicles, building access, and incidental
storage, in an area other than a basement area, is not considered
to be the lowest floor of a building, provided that such space is
not designed and built so that the structure is in violation of the
applicable nonelevation design requirements of this Part 2.
A structure, transportable in one or more sections, which
is built on a permanent chassis and is designed for use with or without
a permanent foundation when attached to the required utilities. The
term includes park trailers, travel trailers, recreational and other
similar vehicles which are placed on a site for more than 180 consecutive
days.
A parcel of land under single ownership which has been planned
and improved for the placement of two or more manufactured homes for
nontransient use.
The replacement of existing work with equivalent materials
for the purpose of its routine maintenance and upkeep, but not including
the cutting away of any wall, partition or portion thereof, the removal
or cutting of any structural beam or bearing support, or the removal
or change of any required means of egress, or rearrangement of support,
or the removal of or change of any means of egress, or the rearrangement
of parts of the structure affecting the exitway requirements; nor
shall minor repairs include addition to, alteration of, replacement
or relocation of any standpipe, water supply, sewer, drainage, drain,
leader, gas, oil, waste, vent or similar piping, electric wiring or
mechanical or other work affecting public health or general safety.
Structures for which the start of construction commenced
on or after the effective date of this Part 2 and including any subsequent
improvements to such structures. Any construction started after September
28, 1979, and before the effective date of this Part 2 is subject
to the ordinance in effect at the time the permit was issued, provided
that the start of construction was within 180 days of permit issuance.
A manufactured home park or subdivision for which the construction
of facilities for servicing the lots on which the manufactured homes
are to be affixed (including, at a minimum, the installation of utilities,
the construction of streets, and either the final site grading or
the pouring of concrete pads) is completed on or after the effective
date of floodplain management regulations adopted by the community.
Any wall, dam, wharf, embankment, levee, dike, pile, abutment,
projection, excavation, channel, rectification, culvert, building,
fence, stockpile, refuse, fill structure or matter in, along, across
or projecting into any channel, watercourse or designated floodplain
district, which may impede, retard or change the direction of the
flow of water either in itself or by catching or collecting debris
carried by such water or which is placed where the flow of the water
might carry the same downstream to the damage of life and property.
A flood that, on the average, is likely to occur once every
100 years (i.e., that has a one-percent chance of occurring each year,
although the flood may occur in any year).
A permit issued by the City for improvements, construction
or development activities within a floodplain area.
An individual, partnership, public or private association
or corporation, firm, trust, estate, municipality, governmental unit,
public utility or any other legal entity whatsoever which is recognized
by law as the subject of rights and duties.
A structure for which construction or substantial improvement
occurred after September 28,1979 (initial FIRM map date) and as such
would be required to be compliant with the regulations of the National
Flood Insurance Program.
A structure for which construction or substantial improvement
occurred on or before September 28, 1979 (initial FIRM map date) and
as such would not be required to be compliant with the regulations
of the National Flood Insurance Program.
A vehicle which is i) built on a single chassis; ii) designed
to be self-propelled or permanently towable by a vehicle; iii) not
designed for use as a permanent dwelling but as temporary living quarters
for recreational, camping, travel, or seasonal use.
The one-hundred-year flood elevation (BFE), plus a freeboard
safety factor of 1 1/2 feet.
Flood-related damages sustained by a structure on two separate
occasions during a ten-year period for which the cost of repairs at
the time of each such flood event, on average, equals or exceeds 25%
of the market value of the structure before the damages occurred.
An area in any floodplain area subject to a one-percent or
greater chance of flooding in any given year.
Includes substantial improvement and other proposed new development
and means the date the permit was issued, provided that the actual
start of construction, repair, reconstruction, rehabilitation, addition,
placement, or other improvement was within 180 days after the date
of the permit and shall be completed within 12 months after the date
of issuance of the permit unless a time extension is granted, in writing,
by the floodplain administrator. The "actual start" means either the
first placement of permanent construction of a structure on a site,
such as the pouring of slab or footings, the installation of piles,
the construction of columns, or any work beyond the stage of excavation,
or the placement of a manufactured home on a foundation. Permanent
construction does not include land preparation, such as clearing,
grading, and filling; nor does it include the installation of streets
and walkways; nor does it include excavation for a basement, footings,
piers, or foundations or the erection of temporary forms; nor does
it include the installation on the property of accessory buildings,
such as garages or sheds not occupied as dwelling units or not part
of the main structure. For a substantial improvement, the "actual
start of construction" means the first alteration of any wall, ceiling,
floor, or other structural part of a building, whether or not that
alteration affects the external dimensions of the building.
Anything constructed or erected on the ground or attached
to the ground, including but not limited to buildings, sheds, manufactured
homes, and other similar items. This term includes any man-made object
having an ascertainable stationary location on or in land or water,
whether or not affixed to land.
Damage from any cause sustained by a structure whereby the
cost restoring the structure to its before-damaged condition would
equal or exceed 50% or more of the market value of the structure before
the damage occurred.
Any reconstruction, rehabilitation, addition, or other improvement
of a structure, the cost of which equals or exceeds 50% of the market
value of the structure before the start of construction of the improvement.
This term includes structures which have incurred substantial damage
or repetitive loss (when a repetitive loss provision is used), regardless
of the actual repair work performed. The term does not, however, include
either any project for improvement of a structure to correct existing
violations of state or local health, sanitary, or safety code specifications
which have been identified by the local code enforcement official
and which are the minimum necessary to assure safe living conditions
or historic structures undergoing repair or rehabilitation that would
constitute a substantial improvement as defined in this Part 2 must
comply with all ordinance requirements that do not preclude the structure's
continued designation as an historic structure. Documentation that
a specific ordinance requirement will cause removal of the structure
from the National Register of Historic Places or the State Inventory
of Historic Places must be obtained from the Secretary of the Interior
or the State Historic Preservation Officer. Any exemption from ordinance
requirements will be the minimum necessary to preserve the historic
character and design of the structure.
The statewide building code adopted by the Pennsylvania General
Assembly in 1999, as amended by the City of Lancaster, which is applicable
to new construction in all municipalities, whether administered by
the municipality, a third party or the Department of Labor and Industry.
Applicable to residential and commercial buildings, the Code adopted
the International Residential Code (IRC) and the International Building
Code (IBC), by reference, as the construction standard applicable
with the commonwealth floodplain construction. For coordination purposes,
references to the above are made specifically to various sections
of the IRC and the IBC.
The failure of a structure or other development to be fully
compliant with the City's floodplain management regulations. A structure
or other development without the elevation certificate, other certifications,
or other evidence of compliance required in 44 CFR 60.3(b)(5), (c)(4),
(c)(10), (e)(2), or (e)(5) is presumed to be in violation until such
time as that documentation is provided.
