Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following
terms shall have the meanings indicated:
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.
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.
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.
FLOOD-PRONE 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.
FLOODWAY AREA
The channel of a river or other watercourse and the adjacent
land areas required to carry and discharge a flood of the one-hundred-year
magnitude.
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 of more buildings; or
(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
any addition, change, or modification in construction, exit facilities,
or permanent fixtures or equipment.
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 wall, 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,
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 or is placed where the flow of the water might carry the same
downstream to the damage of life and property.
ONE-HUNDRED-YEAR FLOOD
A flood that, on the average, is likely to occur once every
100 years (i.e., that has a 1% change of occurring each year, although
the flood may occur in any year).
STRUCTURE
Anything constructed or erected on the ground or attached
to the ground including, but not limited to buildings, sheds, mobile
homes, and other similar items.
SUBDIVISION
The division or redivision of a lot, tract, of parcel of
land by any means into two or more lots, tracts, parcels, or other
divisions 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 purpose into parcels of more than 10 acres,
not involving any new street or easement of access shall be exempted.