As used in this Part, 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.
BASEMENT
Any area of the building having its floor subgrade (below
ground level) on all sides.
[Added 4-14-1993 by Ord. No. 516]
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.
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.
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 designated area of a floodplain required to carry and
discharge floodwaters of a given magnitude. For the purposes of this
chapter, the "floodway" shall be capable of accommodating a flood
of the 100-year magnitude.
[Amended 4-14-1993 by Ord. No. 516]
LAND DEVELOPMENT
(1)
The improvement of one lot or two or more continuous
lots, tracts or parcels of land for any purpose involving a group
of two or more buildings or 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.
LOWEST FLOOR
The lowest floor of the lowest enclosed area (including basement).
An unfinished or flood-resistant enclosure, usable solely for parking
of vehicles, building access or storage, in an area other than a basement
area is not considered a building's lowest floor, provided that such
enclosure is not built so as to render the structure in violation
of the applicable nonelevation design requirements of this Part 2.
[Added 3-18-1987 by Ord. No. 458]
MANUFACTURED 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 include park trailers,
travel trailers or other similar vehicles which are placed on a site
for more than 180 consecutive days.
[Added 4-14-1993 by Ord. No. 516]
MANUFACTURED HOME PARK
A parcel of land under single ownership which has been planned
and improved for the placement of two or more manufactured homes for
nontransient use. For the purposes of floodplain management, the words
"mobile home" or "mobile home park" shall be replaced with the words
"manufactured home" and "manufactured home park" within any delineated
floodplain area.
[Added 4-14-1993 by Ord. No. 516]
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.
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.
100-YEAR FLOOD
A flood that, on the average, is likely to occur once every
100 years, i.e., that has a 1% chance of occurring each year, although
the flood may occur in any year.
START OF CONSTRUCTION
This definition shall be consistent with the FEMA final ruling
published in the Federal Register of August 25, 1986.
[Added 3-18-1987 by Ord. No. 458]
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 or 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 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 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 the improvement
of a structure to comply with existing state or local health, sanitary
or safety code specifications 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.