For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
AREA OF SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARDS. Land in the flood plain within a community subject to a 1% or greater chance of flooding in any given year and are those lands designated on the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) as Zone A, A17, and A23.
BASE FLOOD. The flood having a 1% chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year.
DEVELOPMENT. A human-made change to improve 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 area of special flood hazard.
EXISTING MANUFACTURED HOME PARK OR MANUFACTURED HOME SUBDIVISION. A parcel or contiguous parcels of land divided into two or more manufactured home lots for rent or sale for which the construction of facilities for servicing the lot on which the manufactured home is to be affixed, including the installation of utilities and either final site grading or the pouring of concrete pads and the construction of streets, is completed before the effective date of this subchapter.
EXPANSION TO AN EXISTING MANUFACTURED HOME PARK OR MANUFACTURED HOME SUBDIVISION. 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, either final site grading or pouring of concrete, or the construction of streets.
FLOOD or FLOODING. 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 the unusual and rapid accumulation or runoff of surface waters from any source.
FLOOD INSURANCE RATE MAP (FIRM). The official map on which the Federal Insurance Administration has delineated both the areas of special flood hazards and the risk premium zones applicable to the community.
FLOOD INSURANCE STUDY. The official report provided in which the Federal Insurance Administration has provided flood profiles, the Flood Boundary-Floodway Map, and the water surface elevation of the base flood.
FLOODWAY. 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 more than one foot.
HABITABLE FLOOR. Any floor usable for living purposes which includes working, sleeping, eating, cooking, recreation, or a combination thereof. This does not include a floor used only for storage purposes.
MANUFACTURED HOME. A structure that is transportable in one or more sections, built on a permanent chassis, and designed to be used with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities. It does not include recreational vehicles or travel trailers.
NEW CONSTRUCTION. Structures for which the start of construction commenced on or after the effective date of this subchapter.
NEW MANUFACTURED HOME PARK OR MANUFACTURED HOME SUBDIVISION. A parcel or contiguous parcels of land divided into two or more manufactured home lots for rent or sale for which the construction of facilities for servicing the lots, including the installation of utilities and either final site grading or the pouring of concrete pads and the construction of streets, is completed on or after the effective date of this subchapter.
START OF CONSTRUCTION. The first placement of permanent construction of a structure, other than a manufactured home, on a site such as the pouring of slabs or footings or any work beyond the state of excavation. Permanent construction does not include land preparations such as clearing, grading, and filling; the installation of streets and/or walkways; excavation for basements, footings, piers, or foundations or the erection of temporary forms; nor the installation on the property of the accessory buildings such as garages or sheds not occupied as dwelling units or not as part of the main structure. For a structure, other than a manufactured home, without a basement or poured footings, the START OF CONSTRUCTION includes the first permanent framing or assembly of the structure or any part thereof on its piling or foundation. For manufactured homes not within manufactured home park or manufactured home subdivision, START OF CONSTRUCTION is the date on which the construction of facilities for servicing the site on which the manufactured home is to be affixed, including the construction of streets and either final site grading or the pouring of concrete pads and installation of utilities, is completed.
STRUCTURE. A walled and roofed building, a manufactured home, or a gas or liquid storage tank that is principally above ground.
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 purpose of this definition, SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT is considered to occur when the first alteration of any wall, ceiling, floor, 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 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 nor any alteration of a structure listed on the National Register of Historic Places or a State Inventory of Historic Places.
(Ord. passed - - 2006)