The following terms, as used in this chapter, shall have the
corresponding meanings:
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 Township.
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 flood which has a one-percent chance of being equaled or
exceeded in any given year (also called the "one-hundred-year flood"
or one-percent annual chance flood).
The elevation shown on the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM)
for Zones AE, AH, A1-30 that indicates the water surface elevation
resulting from a flood that has a one-percent or greater chance of
being equaled or exceeded in any given year.
The base flood elevation, plus a freeboard safety factor
of 1 1/2 feet.
The remaining portions of the base floodplain in those areas
in the Flood Insurance Study where a floodway has been delineated.
The basis for the outermost boundary of this area shall be the one-hundred-year
flood elevations as shown in the flood profiles contained in the Flood
Insurance Study.
The official map on which the Federal Emergency Management
Agency has delineated both the areas of special flood hazards and
the risk premium zones applicable to the community.
The official report provided by the Federal Emergency Management
Agency that includes flood profiles, the Flood Insurance Rate Map,
the Flood Boundary and Floodway Map, and the water surface elevation
of the base flood.
The areas identified as Zone A in the Flood Insurance Study
for which one-hundred-year flood elevations have been provided. When
available, information from other federal, state, and other acceptable
sources shall be used to determine the base elevation, as well as
a floodway area, if possible. When no other information is available,
the base elevation shall be determined by using a point on the boundary
of the identified floodplain area that is nearest the construction
site in question.
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 foot. This includes areas identified as "floodway" in the Flood
Insurance Study prepared by FEMA. The term shall also include floodway
areas that have been identified in other available studies or sources
of information for those floodplain areas where no floodway has been
identified in the Flood Insurance Study.
This term is an umbrella term that includes all of the areas
with the Township to enforce floodplain regulations. It will always
include the area identified as the special flood hazard area on the
Flood Insurance Rate Maps and Flood Insurance Study, but may include
additional areas identified by the Township.
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 the Township.
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, A1, A30, AE, A99, or AH.
Includes substantial improvement and other proposed new development
and means the date the floodplain permit was issued, provided the
actual start of construction, repair, reconstruction, rehabilitation,
addition, placement, or other improvement was within 180 days after
the date of the 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 manufacture 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 walkways; nor does it include excavation for a basement,
footings, piers, or foundations 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.
Anything constructed or erected on or attached to the ground,
including, a walled and roofed building, a gas or liquid storage tank,
sheds, manufactured homes, and other similar items.
For floodplain management purposes, a violation means the
failure of a structure or other development to be fully compliant
with the Township's floodplain management regulations. A structure
or other development without the elevation certificate, other certifications,
or other evidence of compliance required in 44 CFR § 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.
