For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates, or requires, a different meaning.
FLOODPLAIN. The relatively flat area or lowlands adjoining a river, stream, watercourse, lake, or other body of standing water that has been, or may be, covered by floodwater.
FLOODPLAIN OVERLAY ZONE. Boundaries of the intermediate regional flood, as defined by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The FLOODPLAIN ZONE is designed to overlay or be superimposed over existing zoning within the defined floodplain. Such an overlay zone can be interchangeably referred to as a floating zone because the existing zone remains effective except for the conditions superimposed by the FLOODPLAIN ZONE.
INTERMEDIATE REGIONAL FLOOD. A flood having an average frequency of occurrence on the order of once in 100 years, although the flood may occur in any year.
(Prior Code, § 30.12) (Ord. 2-92, passed - -1992)