Chapter 16.08 DEFINITIONS

C. References to the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations refer sequentially to the title of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), part, section and paragraph, e.g., 44 CFR 62.01(a), means Title 44, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 62 Section .01, Paragraph (a)).

D. When parts of the National Federal Flood Insurance Program are adopted or referenced, the following terms shall be used:

1. "NFIP" means National Flood Insurance Program.

2. "FEMA" means the Federal Emergency Management Agency under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

3. "FIRM" means Flood Insurance Rate Map as adopted by FEMA that delineates special flood hazards and risk premium zones.

4. "FBFM" means Flood Boundary and Floodway Map as adopted by FEMA to delineate areas of special flood hazards including floodways.

5. "FHBM" means Flood Hazard Boundary Map as adopted by FEMA for areas of flood hazards.

6. "Community" is the term used by FEMA for all political bodies that administer floodplain regulations whether those are towns, cities, counties, districts, parishes, etc.

7. "Jurisdiction" is a term used by FEMA and ADWR that includes communities, states, tribal nations and other federal land owners like the Bureau of Land Management and the National Forest Service.

8. "Reasonably safe from flooding" is a term used to indicate that conditions of the National Flood Insurance Program are met for the base flood.

E. "State standard" means a document defining standards for floodplain management as adopted by the Arizona Department of Water Resources pursuant to A.R.S. Section 48-3605(A). An abbreviation for a specific standard of SS3-96 means State Standard Number 3 as adopted in 1996.

F. All units of measure contained in this title, whether expressed or implied, are intended to be in the English system of units. The following units of measures and abbreviations will be used:

1. When referring to the volume of flow, "cubic feet per second" will be abbreviated as cfs.

2. When referring to the velocity of the flow, "feet per second" will be abbreviated as fps.

G. When referring to timeframes for action, and unless otherwise noted, "days" shall mean business days.

(Ord. 2010-FC5 § 1 (part), 2010; Ord. 2005 FC-2 § 2 (part), 2005; Ord. 1999 FC-1 § 1 (part), 1999; Ord. 1988 FC-2 Art. 4 (part), 1988)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 2010-FC5, § 1, adopted May 4, 2010, renumbered Section 16.08.010 to 16.08.020 and 16.08.020 to 16.08.010.

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