Unless specifically defined below, words and phrases used in this chapter
shall be interpreted so as to give this chapter its most reasonable application.
As used in this chapter, 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 manufactured 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 manufactured homes.
Any man-made change to improved or unimproved real estate, including
but not limited to buildings or other structures, the placement of manufactured
homes, streets and other paving, utilities, filling, grading, excavation,
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.
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 designated area of a floodplain required to carry and discharge
floodwaters of a given magnitude. For the purposes of this chapter, the "floodway"
shall be capable of accommodating a flood of the one-hundred-year magnitude.
The floodplain area specifically identified in this chapter as being
inundated by the one-hundred-year flood.
A transportable, single-family dwelling intended for permanent occupancy,
office or place of assembly, contained in one (1) 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 includes
park trailers, travel trailers, recreational and other similar vehicles which
are placed on a site for more than one hundred eighty (180) consecutive days.
A parcel of land under single ownership, which has been planned and
improved for the placement of two (2) 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 parts of a 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, soil, waste, vent or similar piping, electric wiring or
mechanical or other work affecting public health or general safety.
A flood that, on the average, is likely to occur once every one hundred
(100) years [i.e., that has a one-percent 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, manufactured homes and
other similar items.
The division or redivision of a lot, tract or parcel of land by any
means into two (2) or more lots, tracts, parcels or other divisions 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 ten (10) acres, not involving any new street or easement
of access, shall be exempted.
Any repair, reconstruction or improvement of a structure, the cost
of which equals or exceeds fifty percent (50%) of the market value of the
structure either before the improvement or repair is started or, if the structure
has been damaged and is being restored, before the damage occurred.
