[Ord. No. 1484 §1, 11-19-2015]
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.
Is the land in the floodplain within the City 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 structure having its floor subgrade (below
ground level) on all sides.
See "structure."
The official of the City who is charged with the authority
to implement and administer laws, ordinances, and regulations for
that City.
The City of Cottleville, Missouri.
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 the City.
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 the City on which the Administrator has
delineated both special flood hazard areas and the designated regulatory
floodway.
A determination by the Administrator of the water surface
elevations of the base flood, that is, the flood level that has a
one percent (1%) or greater chance of occurrence in any given year.
An examination, evaluation and determination of flood hazards.
The area outside the floodway encroachment lines, but still
subject to inundation by the regulatory flood.
An official map of the City, 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 the City, on which the Administrator has
delineated both the special flood hazard areas and the risk premium
zones applicable to the City.
An examination, evaluation and determination of flood hazards
and, if appropriate, corresponding water surface elevations.
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.
Any combination of structural and non-structural additions,
changes, or adjustments to structures that reduce or eliminate flood
damage to real estate or improved real property, water and sanitary
facilities, or structures and their contents.
The channel of a river or other watercourse and the adjacent
land areas that must be reserved in order to discharge the base flood
without cumulatively increasing the water surface elevation more than
one (1) foot.
The lines marking the limits of floodways on Federal, State
and local floodplain maps.
A factor of safety usually expressed in feet above a flood
level for purposes of floodplain management. "Freeboard" tends to
compensate for the many unknown factors that could contribute to flood
heights greater than the height calculated for a selected size flood
and floodway conditions, such as bridge openings and the hydrological
effect of urbanization of the watershed.
A use that cannot perform its intended purpose unless it
is located or carried out in close proximity to water. This term includes
only docking facilities and facilities that are necessary for the
loading and unloading of cargo or passengers, but does not include
long-term storage or related manufacturing facilities.
The highest natural elevation of the ground surface prior
to construction next to the proposed walls of a structure.
Any structure that is: (a) listed individually in the National
Register of Historic Places (a listing maintained by the Department
of Interior) or preliminarily determined by the Secretary of the Interior
as meeting the requirements for individual listing on the National
Register; (b) certified or preliminarily determined by the Secretary
of the Interior as contributing to the historical significance of
a registered historic district or a district preliminarily determined
by the Secretary to qualify as a registered historic district; (c)
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; or (d) individually listed on a local inventory
of historic places in communities with historic preservation programs
that have been certified either: (1) by an approved State program
as determined by the Secretary of the Interior, or (2) directly by
the Secretary of the Interior in States without approved programs.
The lowest floor of the lowest enclosed area, including basement.
An unfinished or flood-resistant enclosure, usable solely for parking
of vehicles, building access, or storage, in an area other than a
basement area, is not considered a building's lowest floor, provided
that such enclosure is not built so as to render the structure in
violation of the applicable floodproofing design requirements of this
Chapter.
A structure, transportable in one or more sections, that
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 "manufactured home" does not include a "recreational vehicle."
A parcel (or contiguous parcels) of land divided into two
or more manufactured home lots for rent or sale.
The Flood Hazard Boundary Map (FHBM), Flood Insurance Rate
Map (FIRM), or the Flood Boundary and Floodway Map (FBFM) for the
City issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
An estimate of what is fair, economic, just and equitable
value under normal local market conditions.
For purposes of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP),
the National Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD) of 1929 or other datum,
to which base flood elevations shown on the City's Flood Insurance
Rate Map (FIRM) are referenced.
For the purposes of determining insurance rates, structures
for which the start of construction commenced on or after the effective
date of an initial FIRM or after December 31, 1974, whichever is later,
and includes any subsequent improvements to such structures. For floodplain
management purposes, "new construction" means structures for which
the start of construction commenced on or after the effective date
of the floodplain management regulations adopted by the City and includes
any subsequent improvements to such structures.
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 City.
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.
Means that at least fifty-one percent (51%) of the actual
cash value of the structure, less land value, is above ground.
A vehicle which is: (a) built on a single chassis; (b) four
hundred (400) square feet or less when measured at the largest horizontal
projections; (c) designed to be self-propelled or permanently towable
by a light-duty truck; and (d) 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 separate
occasions during a 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,
FIRM or FBFM as Zones (unnumbered or numbered) A and AE.
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 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 structures, 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.
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 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 a 10-year period, 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 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.
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Is 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 structure permitted in a district for a period not to exceed
one hundred eighty (180) days and is required to be removed upon the
expiration of the permit period. Temporary structures may include
recreational vehicles, temporary construction offices or temporary
business facilities used until permanent facilities can be constructed,
but at no time shall it include manufactured homes used as residences.
A grant of relief by the City 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 City.
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 by this Chapter is presumed
to be in violation until such time as that documentation is provided.
The height, in relation to the National Geodetic Vertical
Datum (NGVD) of 1929 (or other datum where specified) of floods of
various magnitudes and frequencies in the floodplain.
