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 § 152.35 of this chapter.
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 in order that the tanks will be constructed to the same flood damage protection standards. The term includes a manufactured home or prefabricated building which is affixed on a permanent site and connected to the required utilities. The term shall also include travel trailers or recreational vehicles installed on a site for more than 180 days.
DEVELOPMENT. Any human-made change to real estate, including:
(1) Construction, reconstruction or placement of a building or an addition to a building valued at more than $1,000;
(2) Installing a mobile home on a site or preparing a site for a manufactured home;
(3) Drilling, mining, installing utilities or facilities, construction of roads, bridges or similar projects valued at more than $1,000;
(4) Construction or erection of levees, walls or fences;
(5) Filling, dredging, grading, excavating or other non-agricultural alterations of the ground surface;
(6) Storage of materials; or
(7) Any other activity that might change the direction, height or velocity of flood or surface waters.
FLOOD. A general and temporary condition of inundation of normally dry land areas from the overflow, the unusual and rapid accumulation or the runoff or surface waters from any source.
FLOODWAY. The portion of the SFHA required to store and convey the base flood. If not prohibited, building or placing obstructions in a FLOODWAY will increase flood damages to other properties.
FPE or FLOOD PROTECTION ELEVATION. The elevation of the base flood (plus one foot) at any given location in the SFHA.
SFHA or SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AREA. Those lands within the jurisdiction of the city that are subject to inundation by the base flood. The SFHAs of the city are generally identified as such on the Flood Insurance Rate Map with the effective date of 8-24-1984.
(1994 Code, § 152.03) (Ord. 323, passed 3-28-1983; Ord. 338, passed 5-14-1984)