[Ord. No. 513281, 5/13/1981,
§ 4.00]
Unless specifically defined below, words and phrases used in
this Part shall be interpreted so as to give this Part its most reasonable
application.
[Ord. No. 513281, 5/13/1981,
§ 401]
As used in this Part, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
A use or structure on the same lot with, and of a nature
customarily incidental and subordinate to, the principal use or structure.
A combination of materials to form a permanent structure
having walls and a roof. Included shall be all mobile homes and trailers
to be used for human habitation.
The construction, reconstruction, renovation, repair, extension,
expansion, alteration, or relocation of a building or structure, including
the placement of mobile homes.
Any man-made change to improved or unimproved real estate,
including but not limited to buildings or other structures, the placement
of mobile homes, streets, and other paving, utilities, filling, grading,
excavating, mining, dredging, or drilling operations and the subdivision
of land.
A temporary inundation of normally dry land areas.
A relatively flat or low land area 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.
The floodplain area specifically identified in this Part
as being inundated by the 100-year flood.
The improvement of one lot, or two or more contiguous lots,
tracts, or parcels of land for any purpose involving a group of two
or more buildings or the division or allocation of land or space between
or among two or more existing or prospective occupants by means of,
or for the purpose of, streets, common areas, leaseholds, condominiums,
building groups or other features; a subdivision of land.
A transportable, single-family dwelling intended for permanent
occupancy, office, or place of assembly, contained in one or more
sections, built on a permanent chassis, which arrives at a site complete
and ready for occupancy except for minor and incidental unpacking
and assembly operations and constructed so that it may be used with
or without a permanent foundation. The term does not include recreational
vehicles or travel trailers.
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 flood-prone area 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 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 1% chance of occurring each year, although
the flood may occur in any year).
Anything constructed or erected on the ground or attached
to the ground, including, but not limited to, buildings, sheds, mobile
homes, and other similar items.
The division or redivision of a lot, tract, or parcel of
land by any means into two or more lots, tracts, parcels, or other
division of land, including changes in existing lot lines for the
purpose, whether immediate or future, of lease, transfer of ownership,
or building, or lot development; provided, however, that the division
of land for agricultural purposes into parcels of more than 10 acres,
not involving any new street or easement of access, shall be exempted.
