72.8.1. 
For the purposes of this ordinance, certain terms and words used herein shall be interpreted as follows:
1. 
As used in this ordinance, words in the singular include the plural, and those in the plural include the singular. Words in the present tense include the future tense; words used in the masculine gender include the feminine and neuter.
2. 
Words used in the present tense include the future tense; the singular number includes the plural, and the plural number includes the singular; words of masculine gender include feminine gender; and words of feminine gender include masculine gender.
3. 
The word "includes" or "including" shall not limit the term to the specific example but is intended to extend its meaning to all other instances of like kind and character.
4. 
The words "shall" and "must" are mandatory; the words "may" and "should" are permissive.
5. 
The word "person" includes corporation, unincorporated association, and partnership, as well as an individual. The word "structure" includes the meaning of "building," and each shall be construed as if followed by the phrase "or part thereof."
72.9.1. 
The following words, as used in this ordinance, shall have the meanings indicated below:
ACCESSORY USE OR STRUCTURE
A use or structure on the same lot with, and of a nature customarily incidental and subordinate to, the principal use or structure. An accessory use includes, but is not limited to, fence, shed, swimming pool, outside storage area, garage, etc.
BASE FLOOD
A flood which has a one-percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year (also called the "one-hundred-year flood" and "one-percent annual chance flood").
BASE FLOOD ELEVATION
The water surface elevation shown on the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) in Zone AE that indicates the water surface elevation having a one-percent or greater chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year; the water surface elevation calculated in an engineering hydraulic/hydrologic study in Zone A of the FIRM or adjacent to any other watercourse resulting from a base flood.
BASEMENT
Any area of the building having its floor below ground level on all sides.
BUILDING
Any structure having a roof, supported by columns or by walls, and intended for the shelter, housing or enclosure of persons, animals or any other property. Included shall be recreational vehicles and trailers, with a permanent foundation, for use of human habitation.
DEVELOPMENT
Any man-made change to improved or unimproved real estate, including but not limited to the construction, reconstruction, renovation, repair, expansion, or alteration of buildings or other structures; the placement of manufactured homes; streets and other paving; utilities; filling, grading and excavation; mining dredging, drilling operations; storage of equipment or materials; and the subdivision of land.
EXISTING MANUFACTURED HOME PARK OR SUBDIVISION
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.
EXPANSION TO AN EXISTING MANUFACTURED HOME PARK OR SUBDIVISION
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).
FLOOD
A temporary inundation of normally dry land areas.
FLOOD INSURANCE RATE MAP (FIRM)
The official map on which the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has delineated both the areas of special flood hazard and the risk premium zones applicable to the community.
FLOOD INSURANCE STUDY (FIS)
The official report provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) that includes flood profiles, the Flood Insurance Rate Map, the Flood Boundary and Floodway Map, and the water surface elevation of the base flood in areas studied by FEMA.
FLOODPLAIN ADMINISTRATOR
The person qualified and officially appointed by the Municipal Council to administer and enforce this ordinance.
FLOODPLAIN AREA
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.
FLOODPROOFING
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.
FLOODWAY
The channel of a river or other watercourse and the adjacent land areas that must be reserved to carry and discharge the base flood without cumulatively increasing the water surface elevation more than one foot. Unless otherwise specified, the floodway is as indicated in the Flood Insurance Study and on the FIRM as provided by FEMA. Along a watercourse where no FEMA maps or studies have defined the boundary of the one-hundred-year frequency floodway, it is assumed, absent evidence to the contrary, that the floodway extends from the top of bank of the stream to 50 feet from the top of the bank of the stream.
GRADING
Any excavation or fill, or any combination thereof, including the conditions resulting from any earthmoving activity.
HIGHEST ADJACENT GRADE
The highest natural elevation of the ground surface, prior to construction, next to the proposed walls of a structure.
HISTORIC STRUCTURE
Any structure that is:
1. 
Listed individually on the National Register of Historic Places (a listing maintained by the Department of the Interior) or preliminarily determined by the Secretary of the Interior as meeting the requirements for individual listing on the National Register;
2. 
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;
3. 
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
4. 
Individually listed on a local inventory of historic places in communities with historic preservation programs that have been certified either:
a. 
By an approved state program as determined by the Secretary of the Interior; or
b. 
Directly by the Secretary of the Interior in states without approved programs
IDENTIFIED FLOODPLAIN AREA
The term is an umbrella term that includes all of the areas within which the community has selected to enforce floodplain regulations. It will always include that area identified as the special flood hazard area on the Flood Insurance Rate Maps and Flood Insurance Study and floodplains associated with all other watercourses.
LOWEST FLOOR
The lowest floor of the lowest fully enclosed area (including basement). An unfinished, flood-resistant, partially enclosed area, used solely for parking of vehicles, building access, and incidental storage, in an area other than a basement area is not considered the lowest floor of a building, provided that such space is not designed and built so that the structure is in violation of the applicable nonelevation design requirements of this ordinance.
MANUFACTURED HOME
A structure, transportable, in one or more sections, which 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 includes park trailers, travel trailers, recreational and other similar vehicles which are placed on a site for more than 180 consecutive days. Note: Manufactured homes constructed without a permanent foundation are prohibited in the Municipality.
MANUFACTURED HOME PARK OR SUBDIVISION
A parcel (or contiguous land) of land divided two or more manufactured home lots for rent or sale.
MINOR REPAIR
The replacement of existing work with equivalent material 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, mechanical or other work affecting public health or general safety.
NEW CONSTRUCTION
Structures for which the start of construction commenced on or after the effective start date of this Floodplain Management Ordinance and includes any subsequent improvements to such structures. Any construction started after June 15, 1981, and before the effective date of this Floodplain Management Ordinance is subject to the ordinance in effect at the time the permit was issued, provided the start of construction was within 180 days of permit issuance.
NEW MANUFACTURED HOME PARK OR SUBDIVISION
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 on or after the effective date of floodplain management regulations adopted by a community.
PERSON
An individual, public or private corporation, unincorporated association, partnership, firm, estate, municipality, governmental unit, public entity, or any other entity whatsoever which is recognized by law as the subject of rights and duties.
POST-FIRM STRUCTURE
A structure for which construction or substantial improvement occurred after December 31, 1974, or on or after the community's initial Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM), dated June 15, 1981, whichever is later, and, as such, would be required to be compliant with the regulations of the National Flood Insurance Program.
PRE-FIRM STRUCTURE
A structure for which construction or substantial improvement occurred before December 31, 1974, or on or after the community's initial Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM), dated June 15, 1981, whichever is later, and, as such, would be required to be compliant with the regulations of the National Flood Insurance Program.
PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER
A person licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to practice engineering and who is knowledgeable in the branch of civil engineering.
RECREATIONAL VEHICLE
A vehicle which is:
1. 
Built on a single chassis;
2. 
Not more than 400 square feet, measured at the largest horizontal projections;
3. 
Designed to be self-propelled or permanently towable by a light-duty truck;
4. 
Not designed for use as a permanent dwelling but as temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, travel, or seasonal use.
REGULATORY FLOOD ELEVATION
The base flood elevation (BFE) plus a freeboard safety factor of 1 1/2 feet.
SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AREA (SFHA)
An area in the floodplain subject to a one-percent or greater chance of flooding in any given year. It is shown on the FIRM as Zone A, AO, or AE.
START OF CONSTRUCTION
Includes substantial improvement and other proposed new development and means the date the appropriate municipal permit was issued, provided the actual start of construction, repair, reconstruction, rehabilitation, addition, placement, or other improvement was within 180 days from the date of the appropriate municipal permit and shall be completed within 12 months after the date of issuance of the permit, unless a time extension is granted, in writing, by the floodplain administrator. The "actual start" means either the first placement of permanent construction of a structure on a site, such as the pouring of slab or footings, the installation of piles, the construction of columns, or 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; nor does it include the installation of streets and or walkways; nor does it include excavation for a basement, footings, piers, or foundation or the erection of temporary forms; nor does it include the 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 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.
STRUCTURE
A walled and roofed building, a gas or liquid storage tank that is principally above ground, a manufactured home and sheds.
SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE
Damage from any cause sustained by a structure whereby the cost of restoring the structure to its before-damaged condition would equal or exceed 50% or more of the market value of the structure before the damage occurred.
SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT
Any reconstruction, rehabilitation, addition, or other improvement of a structure, the cost of which equals or exceeds 50% of the market value of the structure before the "start of construction" of the improvement. This term includes structures which have incurred "substantial damage," regardless of the actual repair work performed. The term does not, however, include any project for improvement of a structure to correct existing violations of state or local health, sanitary, or safety code specifications which have been identified by the local code enforcement official and which are the minimum necessary to assure safe living conditions.
SURVEYOR
A person licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to practice the field of surveying.
UNIFORM CONSTRUCTION CODE (UCC)
The statewide building code adopted by the Pennsylvania General Assembly in 1999 applicable to new construction in all municipalities, whether administered by the Municipality, a third party or the Department of Labor and Industry. Applicable to residential and commercial buildings, the Code adopted the International Residential Code (IRC) and the International Building Code (IBC), by reference, as construction standards applicable with the state floodplain construction. For coordination purposes, references to the above are specifically to various sections of the IRC and the IBC.
VIOLATION
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 in 44CFR 60.3(b)(5), (c)(4), (c)(10), (d)(3), (e)(2), (e)(4), or (e)(5) is presumed to be in violation until such time as that documentation is provided.
WATERCOURSE
A channel or conveyance of surface water having a defined bed and banks, whether natural or artificial, with perennial or intermittent flow.
WATER SURFACE ELEVATION
The height of the water for the one-hundred-year flood in relation to the NVAD88 datum as calculated in an engineering hydrologic and hydraulic study.