Specific Definitions.
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.
BUILDING
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.
COMPLETELY DRY SPACE
A space which will remain totally dry during flooding; the
structure is designed and constructed to prevent the passage of water
and water vapor.
CONSTRUCTION
The construction, reconstruction, renovation, repair, extension,
expansion, alteration, or relocation of a building or structure, including
the placement of mobile homes.
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, filling, grading,
excavation, mining, dredging, or drilling operations and the subdivision
of land.
ESSENTIALLY DRY SPACE
A space which will remain dry during flooding, except for
the passage of some water vapor or minor seepage; the structure is
substantially impermeable to the passage of water.
FLOOD
A temporary inundation of normally dry land areas.
FLOODPLAIN
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.
IDENTIFIED FLOODPLAIN AREA
The floodplain area specifically identified in this Part
as being inundated by the one-hundred-year flood. Included would be
areas identified as Floodway (FW), Flood-Fringe (FF) and General Flood-Plain
(FA).
LAND DEVELOPMENT
(1)
The improvement of one lot, or two or more contiguous lots,
tracts, or parcels of land for any purpose involving:
(a)
A group of two or more buildings.
(b)
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.
MINOR REPAIR
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.
MOBILE HOME
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.
MOBILE HOME PARK
A parcel of land under single ownership which has been planned
and improved for the placement of two or more mobile homes for nontransient
use.
OBSTRUCTION
Any well, 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.
(1)
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.
(2)
Which is placed where the flow of the water might carry the
same downstream to the damage of life and property.
100-YEAR FLOOD
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)
PERSON
An individual, partnership, public or private association
or corporation, firm, trust, estate, municipality, governmental unit,
public utility or any other legal entity whatsoever which is recognized
by law as the subject of rights and duties.
SPECIAL PERMIT
A special approval which is required for hospitals, nursing
homes, jails, and new mobile home parks and subdivisions and substantial
improvements to such existing parks, when such development is located
in all, or a designated portion of, a floodplain.
STRUCTURE
Anything constructed or erected on the ground or attached
to the ground including, but not limited to buildings, shed, mobile
homes, and other similar items.
SUBDIVISION
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.
SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT
Any repair, reconstruction or improvement of a structure,
the cost of which equals or exceeds 50% of the market value of the
structure either, (a) before the improvement or repair is started,
or (b) if the structure has been damaged, and is being restored, before
the damage occurred. For the purposes of this definition, "substantial
improvement" is considered to occur 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 structure. The term does not, however, include either:
(1)
Any project for improvement of a structure to comply with existing
state or local health, sanitary, or safety code specifications which
are solely necessary to assure safe living conditions.
(2)
Any alteration of a structure listed on the National Register
of Historic Places or a state inventory of historic places.