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) "Accessory structure" means a structure on the same lot with, and of a nature customarily incidental and subordinate to, the principal structure.
(b) "Appeal" means a request for a review of the Village Administrator's interpretation of any provision of this chapter or a request for a variance.
(c) "Area of special flood hazard" means the land in the flood plain within a community subject to a one percent (1%) or greater chance of flooding in any given year.
(d) "Base flood" means the flood having a one percent (1%) chance of being equalled or exceeded in any given year. The base flood may also be referred to as the 100 year flood.
(e) "Development" means any man-made 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 area of special flood hazard.
(Ord. 87-7. Passed 4-21-87.)
(f) "Existing manufactured home park or subdivision" means a manufactured home park for which the construction of facilities for servicing the lot on which the manufactured homes are to be affixed (including, at a minimum, the installation of utilities, either final site grading of the pouring of concrete pads, and the construction of streets) are completed before the effective date of floodplain management regulations adopted by a community.
(g) "Expansion to an existing manufactured home park or subdivision" means the preparation of additional sites by 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 pads, or the construction of streets).
(Ord. 87-16. Passed 9-1-87.)
(h) "Federal Emergency Management Agency" (FEMA) means the agency with the overall responsibility for administering the National Flood Insurance Program.
(i) "Flood" or "flooding" means a general and temporary condition of partial or complete inundation of normally dry land areas from:
(1) The overflow of inland or tidal waters, and/or
(2) The unusual and rapid accumulation or runoff of surface waters from any source.
(Ord. 87-7. Passed 4-21-87.)
(j) "Flood Hazard Boundary Map (FHBM)" means the official map issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency where the areas of special flood hazard have been designated as Zone A. As of May 1, 1988, the FHBM will officially be called a "Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM)."
(k) "Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM)" means the same as "Flood Hazard Boundary Map". See above.
(Ord. 88-11. Passed 4-22-88.)
(l) "Lowest floor" means 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.
(m) "Manufactured home" means 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. It includes park trailers, travel trailers, and other similar vehicles placed on a site for greater than 180 consecutive days.
(n) "Manufactured home park or subdivision" means a parcel (or contiguous parcels) of land divided into two or more manufactured home lots for rent or sale. This definition shall exclude any manufactured home parks as defined in Ohio R.C. 3733.01, over which the Public Health Council has exclusive rule making power.
(o) "New construction" means structures for which the "start of construction" commenced on or after the effective date of this chapter.
(p) "Start of construction" 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 either 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.
(q) "Structure" means a walled and roofed building, manufactured home, or gas or liquid storage tank that is principally above ground.
(r) "Substantial improvement" means any repair, reconstruction, or improvement of a structure, the cost of which equals or exceeds fifty percent (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, 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 or any alteration of a structure listed on the National Register of Historical Places or a State Inventory of Historic Places.
(s) "Variance" is a grant of relief to a person from the requirements of this chapter which permits construction in a manner that would otherwise be prohibited by this chapter.
(Ord. 87-7. Passed 4-21-87.)