As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
The Federal Insurance Administrator to whom the Secretary
of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has delegated
the administration of the National Flood Insurance Program.
A combination of materials to form a permanent structure
having walls and a roof. Included shall be all mobile homes and trailers
used for human habitation.
Those areas subject to inundation by waters of the one-hundred-year
flood as delineated in the Flood Insurance Studies for the local municipalities
located within Delaware County, Pennsylvania, as prepared by the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Insurance Administration.
Included would be areas identified as the floodway, flood-fringe,
general floodplain, and/or special floodplain.
Any landowner, agent or such landowner or tenant with the
permission of such landowner, who makes or causes to be made a subdivision
of land or a land development.
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, mining,
dredging, filling, grading, excavation, or drilling operations.
Any community for which the Administrator has authorized
the sale of flood insurance under the National Flood Insurance Program.
A determination by the Administrator of the water surface
elevations of the one-hundred-year flood.
An official map of a local municipality, issued by the Administrator,
where the boundaries of the flood and related erosion areas having
special hazards have been designated as Zone A, M, and/or E.
An official map of a community on which the Administrator
has delineated both the special hazard areas and the risk premium
zones applicable to the local municipality.
A general and temporary condition of partial or complete
inundation of normally dry land areas from:
Any land area susceptible to being inundated by water from
any flood.
Any zoning ordinances, building codes, health regulations,
special purpose ordinances (such as floodplain ordinances, grading
ordinances, soil and erosion ordinances), and other application of
police power. The term describes such state laws and regulations as
well as local ordinances, in any combination thereof, which provide
standards for the purpose of flood damage prevention and reduction.
Any combination of structural additions, changes or adjustment
of structures such that the structure becomes watertight with walls
substantially impermeable to the passage of water with structural
components having the capability of resisting hydrostatic and hydrodynamic
loads and the effects of buoyancy.
Any combination of structural additions, changes, or adjustment
of structures which reduce or eliminate flood damage to real estate
or improved real property, water and sanitary facilities, structures
and their contents.
The channel of a river or other watercourse and the adjacent
land areas that must be reserved to carry and discharge a flood of
the one-hundred-year magnitude.
A factor of safety, usually expressed in feet above a flood
level for purposes of floodplain management.
Any city, borough or township of the First or Second Class
wholly within the County of Delaware.
A structure, transportable in one or more sections, which
is built on a permanent chassis and designed as a dwelling unit, office,
or place of assembly used with or without a permanent foundation when
connected to the required utilities.
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).
The one-hundred-year flood elevation plus a freeboard safety
factor of 1 1/2 feet.
Anything constructed or erected on the ground or attached
to the ground, including, but not limited to, buildings, factories,
sheds, cabins, 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.
