[CC 2001 §15.12.010; Ord. No. 6.31A §25, 8-10-1999; Ord. No. 061101 Art. 8, 6-9-2011]
Unless specifically defined below, words or phrases used in
this Chapter shall be interpreted so as to give them the same meaning
they have in common usage and to give this Chapter its most reasonable
application.
See "BASE FLOOD".
The same as "APPURTENANT STRUCTURE".
See "RISK PREMIUM RATES".
The Federal Insurance Administrator.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
Agricultural products and livestock.
Any structure used exclusively in connection with the production,
harvesting, storage, drying, or raising of agricultural commodities.
A request for review of the Floodplain Administrator's interpretation
of any provision of this Chapter or a request for a variance.
A structure that is on the same parcel of property as the
principal structure to be insured and the use of which is incidental
to the use of the principal structure.
The land in the floodplain within a community subject to
a one percent (1%) or greater chance of flooding in any given year.
The flood having a one percent (1%) chance of being equaled
or exceeded in any given year.
Any area of the building having its floor subgrade (below
ground level) on all sides.
See "STRUCTURE".
The official of the community who is charged with the authority
to implement and administer laws, ordinances, and regulations for
that community.
Any State or area or political subdivision thereof which
has authority to adopt and enforce floodplain management regulations
for the areas within its jurisdiction.
Any man-made change to improved or unimproved real estate,
including, but not limited to buildings or other structures, levees,
levee systems, mining, dredging, filling, grading, paving, excavation
or drilling operations, or storage of equipment or materials.
For insurance purposes, a non-basement building which has
its lowest elevated floor raised above ground level by foundation
walls, shear walls, posts, piers, pilings, or columns.
A community for which the Administrator has authorized the
sale of flood insurance under the National Flood Insurance Program
(NFIP).
For the purposes of determining rates, structures for which
the "start of construction" commenced before the effective date of
the FIRM or before January 1, 1975, for FIRMs effective before that
date. "Existing construction" may also be referred
to as "existing structures".
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 a 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 general and temporary condition of partial or complete
inundation of normally dry land areas from (1) the overflow of inland;
and/or (2) the unusual and rapid accumulation or runoff of surface
waters from any source.
An official map of a community, issued by the Administrator,
where the boundaries of the flood areas having special flood hazards
have been designated as (unnumbered or numbered) A Zones.
An official map of a community on which the Administrator
has delineated both the special flood hazard areas and the risk premium
zones applicable to the community.
Any land area susceptible to being inundated by water from
any source (see "FLOODING").
The operation of an overall program of corrective and preventive
measures for reducing flood damage, including, but not limited to,
emergency preparedness plans, flood control works, and floodplain
management regulations.
Zoning ordinances, subdivision regulations, building codes,
health regulations, special purpose ordinances (such as floodplain
and grading ordinances) and other applications of police power. The
term describes such state or local regulations, in any combination
thereof, that provide standards for the purpose of flood damage prevention
and reduction.
A manufactured home park or subdivision for which the construction
of facilities for servicing the lot 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 on or after the effective date
of floodplain management regulations adopted by the community.
The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).
Also known as an "eligible community", means
a community in which the Administrator has authorized the sale of
flood insurance.
Includes any individual or group of individuals, corporation,
partnership, association, or any other entity, including Federal,
State, and local governments and agencies.
At least fifty-one percent (51%) of the actual cash value
of the structure, less land value, is above ground.
A vehicle which is:
Built on a single chassis;
Four hundred (400) square feet or less when measured at the
largest horizontal projections;
Designed to be self-propelled or permanently towable by a light-duty
truck; and
Designed primarily not for use as a permanent dwelling but as
temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, travel, or seasonal
use.
To bring the structure or other development into compliance
with Federal, State, or local floodplain management regulations or,
if this is not possible, to reduce the impacts of its non-compliance.
Flood-related damages sustained by a structure on two (2)
separate occasions during a ten (10) year period for which the cost
of repairs at the time of each such flood event equals or exceeds
twenty-five percent (25%) of the market value of the structure before
the damage occurred.
Those rates established by the Administrator pursuant to
individual community studies and investigations which are undertaken
to provide flood insurance in accordance with Section 1307 of the
National Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 and the accepted actuarial
principles. "Risk premium rates" include provisions
for operating costs and allowances.
See "AREA OF SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD".
An area having special flood hazards and shown on an FHBM
or FIRM as Zones (unnumbered or numbered) A, AO, AE, or AR.
Includes substantial improvements and means the date the
building permit was issued, provided the actual start of construction,
repair, reconstruction, rehabilitation, addition placement, or other
improvements were within one hundred eighty (180) days of the permit
date. The "actual start" means either the first (1st)
placement of permanent construction of a structure on a site, such
as the pouring of slabs or footings, the installation of piles, the
construction of columns, 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, the installation of streets and/or walkways,
excavation for a basement, footings, piers, foundations, the erection
of temporary forms, nor 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
(1st) 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.
That agency of the State Government or other office designated
by the Governor of the State or by State Statute at the request of
the Administrator to assist in the implementation of the National
Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) in that State.
For floodplain management purposes, a walled and roofed building,
including a gas or liquid storage tank, that is principally above
ground, as well as a manufactured home. "Structure", for insurance purposes, means a walled and roofed building, other
than a gas or liquid storage tank, that is principally above ground
and affixed to a permanent site, as well as a manufactured home on
a permanent foundation. For the latter purpose, the term includes
a building while in the course of construction, alteration or repair,
but does not include building materials or supplies intended for use
in such construction, alteration or repair, unless such materials
or supplies are within an enclosed building on the premises.
Damage of any origin sustained by a structure whereby the
cost of restoring the structure to its before damaged condition would
equal or exceed fifty percent (50%) of the market value of the structure
before the damage occurred. The term includes Repetitive Loss buildings
(see definition).
For the purposes of this definition, "repair" is considered to occur when the first (1st) repair or reconstruction
of any wall, ceiling, floor, or other structural part of the building
commences.
The term does not apply to:
Any project for improvement of a building required to comply
with existing health, sanitary, or safety code specifications which
have been identified by the Code Enforcement Official and which are
solely necessary to assure safe living conditions, or
Any alteration of a "historic structure" provided that the alteration
will not preclude the structure's continued designation as a "historic
structure", or
Any improvement to a building.
Any combination of reconstruction, alteration, or improvement
to a building, taking place during the life of the building, in which
the cumulative percentage of improvement equals or exceeds fifty percent
(50%) of the current market value of the building. For the purposes
of this definition, an improvement occurs when the first (1st) alteration
of any wall, ceiling, floor, or other structural part of the building
commences, whether or not that alteration affects the external dimensions
of the building. This term includes structures which have incurred
"repetitive loss" or "substantial damage", regardless of the actual
repair work done.
The term does not apply to:
Any project for improvement of a building required to comply
with existing health, sanitary, or safety code specifications which
have been identified by the Code Enforcement Official and which are
solely necessary to assure safe living conditions, or
Any alteration of a "historic structure" provided that the alteration
will not preclude the structure's continued designation as a "historic
structure", or
Any building that has been damaged from any source or is categorized
as repetitive loss.
Where the repair, reconstruction, rehabilitation or improvement
of the streets, utilities and pads equals or exceeds fifty percent
(50%) of the value of the streets, utilities and pads before the repair,
reconstruction or improvement commenced.
A grant of relief by the community from the terms of a floodplain
management regulation. Flood insurance requirements remain in place
for any varied use or structure and cannot be varied by the community.
The failure of a structure or other development to be fully
compliant with the community's floodplain management regulations.
A structure or other development without the elevation certificate,
other certifications, or other evidence of compliance required by
this Chapter is presumed to be in violation until such time as that
documentation is provided.
