[Ord. No. 930, § 2.0, 7-27-2010]
Unless specifically defined below, words or phrases used in
this chapter shall be interpreted so as to give them the meaning they
have in common usage and to give this chapter its most reasonable
application.
A request for a review of the city commission's interpretation
of any provision of this chapter or a request for a variance.
The height of the base flood or 100-year flood usually in
feet above mean sea level.
The flood having a 1% chance of being equaled or exceeded
in any given year.
Any area of the building having its floor subgrade (below
ground level) on all sides.
Water elevation information from any source used to estimate
or determine a base flood elevation (i.e. high water mark).
A geometric characteristic of a river or watercourse at a
given point that determines the flow-carrying capacity at that point.
Any manmade change to improved or unimproved real estate,
including but not limited to buildings or other structures, mining,
dredging, filling, grading, paving, excavation or drilling operations
located within the special flood hazard area.
The official map issued by the Federal Emergency Management
Agency where special flood hazard areas are designated as Zone A,
AE, AO, AH, A1-A30 or A-99.
The official report provided by the Federal Emergency Management
Agency that includes flood profiles, the Flood Insurance Rate Map,
and the water surface elevation of the base flood.
A general and temporary condition of partial or complete
inundation of normally dry land areas from the overflow of inland
or tidal waters and/or; from the unusual and rapid accumulation or
runoff of surface waters from any source.
Protection provided a structure, together with attendant
utilities and sanitary facilities, which is watertight two feet above
the base flood elevation with walls that are substantially impermeable
to the passage of water.
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.
The lowest floor of a structure including the basement.
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 connected to the required utilities. The
term "manufactured home" does not include a "recreational vehicle,"
but does include "mobile home."
A parcel (or contiguous parcels) of land divided into two
or more manufactured home lots for rent or sale.
Structures for which the "start of construction" commenced
on or after the effective date of this chapter.
[Adopted 7-27-2010 by Ord. No. 930]
Base floodwaters will not inundate the land or damage structures
to be removed from the special flood hazard area, and that any subsurface
waters related to the base flood will not damage existing or proposed
buildings.
A vehicle which is:
Built on a single chassis;
Four hundred square feet or less when measured at the largest
horizontal projection;
Designed to be self-propelled or permanently towable by a light
duty truck;
Designed primarily not for use as a permanent dwelling but as
temporary living quarters for recreational camping, travel, or seasonal
use; including, but not limited to;
Travel trailers, trailers on wheels, park-model trailers, and
other similar vehicles.
An area of land that would be inundated by a flood having
a 1% chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year.
Includes substantial improvement, and means the date the
building permit was issued, provided the actual start of construction,
repair, reconstruction, placement, or other improvement was within
180 days of the permit date. The actual start means 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 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.
A walled and roofed building, including manufactured homes
and gas or liquid aboveground storage tanks.
Damage of any origin sustained by a structure whereby the
cost of restoring the building to its predamaged condition would equal
or exceed 50% of the market value of the structure before the damage
occurred.
Any repair, reconstruction, or improvement of a structure,
the cost of which equals or exceeds 50% of the market value of the
structure either:
Before the improvement or repair is started; or
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:
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; or
Any alteration of a structure listed on the National Register
of Historic Places or a State Inventory of Historic Places.
A grant of relief from the requirements of this chapter which
permits construction in a manner that would otherwise be prohibited
by this chapter.
