For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BASE FLOOD. The flood having a 1% probability of being equaled or exceeded in any given year. The BASE FLOOD is also known as the 100-YEAR FLOOD. The base flood elevation at any location is as defined in § 152.05 of this code.
BUILDING. A structure that is principally above ground and is enclosed by walls and a roof. The term includes a gas or liquid storage tank, a mobile home, or a prefabricated building. The term does not include recreational vehicles or travel trailers.
DEVELOPMENT.
(1) Any human-made change to real estate, including:
(a) Construction, reconstruction, or placement of a building or any addition to a building valued at more than $1,000;
(b) Installing a mobile home on a site or preparing a site for a mobile home;
(c) Drilling, mining, installing utilities, construction of roads, or similar projects valued at more than $1,000;
(d) Construction or erection of levees, walls, fences, bridges, or culverts;
(e) Filling, dredging, grading, excavating, or other nonagricultural alterations of the ground surface;
(f) Storage of materials; or
(g) Any other activity that might change the direction, height, or velocity of flood or surface waters.
(2) DEVELOPMENT does not include the maintenance of existing buildings and facilities, such as re-roofing, resurfacing roads, or gardening, plowing, and similar agricultural practices that do not involve filling, grading, or the construction of levees.
FLOOD. A general and temporary condition of inundation of normally dry land areas from the overflow, the unusual and rapid accumulation, or the runoff of surface waters from any source.
FLOODWAY. The portion of the SFHA required to store and convey the base flood.
FPE or FLOOD PROTECTION ELEVATION. The elevation of the base flood plus 1 foot at any given location in the SFHA.
RIVERINE SFHA. Any SFHA subject to flooding from a river, creek, intermittent stream, ditch, or any other identified channel. This term does not include areas subject to flooding from lakes (except public bodies of water), ponding areas, areas of sheet flow, or other areas not subject to overbank flooding.
SFHA or SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AREA. The lands within the jurisdiction of the city that are subject to inundation by the base flood. The SFHAs of the city are generally identified on the Flood Insurance Rate Map of the city prepared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and dated August 19, 1985. The SFHAs of those parts of the unincorporated county that are within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the city or that may be annexed into the city are prepared for the county by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, dated January 9, 1981.
(1983 Code, § 8.5-2) (Ord. 2549, passed 11-9-1989)