1339.08 DEFINITIONS.

   The following are special definitions which shall be used in making reasonable interpretations of the provisions contained in this Article:

   (a)   “Basement”  means any area of the building having its floor below ground level on all sides. 
(Ord. 3014.  Passed 11-20-95.)

   (b)   "Completely dry space"  means a space which will remain totally dry during flooding; the structure is designed and constructed to prevent the passage of water and water vapor.

   (c)   "Construction"  means the construction, reconstruction, renovation, repair, extension, expansion, alteration or relocation of a building or structure, including the placement of mobile homes.

   (d)   "Designated floodplain districts"  means those floodplain districts specifically designated in the Zoning Ordinance as being inundated primarily by the 100 year flood.  Included would be areas identified as Floodway District (FW), Flood-Fringe District (FF) and the Approximated Floodplain District (FA).

   (e)   “Development”  means any man made change to improved or unimproved real estate including, but not limited to , buildings or other structures, the placement of mobile homes, streets, and other paving, mining, dredging, filling, grading, excavation or drilling operations, storage of equipment and materials and the subdivision of land.

   (f)   "Essentially dry space"  means a space which will remain dry during flooding except for the passage of some water vapor or minor seepage; the structure is substantially impermeable to the passage of water.

   (g)   "Floodproofing"  means any combination of structural or nonstructural additions, changes or adjustments to structures which reduce or eliminate flood damage to the real estate or improved real property, water and sanitary facilities, structures and their contents. 
(Ord. 2717.  Passed 2-10-86.)

   (h)   “Lowest floor” means the lowest fully enclosed area (including basement).  An unfinished, flood resistant partially enclosed area, used solely for parking vehicles, building access, and incidental storage, in any area other than the basement area is not considered the lowest floor of a building, provided that such space is not designed and built so that the structure is in violation of the applicable non- elevation design requirements of this ordinance. 
(Ord. 3014.  Passed 11-20-95.)

   (i)   "Mobile home"  means a transportable, single-family dwelling intended for permanent occupancy, office or place of assembly, contained in one or more sections, built on a permanent chassis, which arrives at a site complete and ready for occupancy except for minor and incidental unpacking and assembly operations, and constructed so that it may be used with or without a permanent foundation.  The term does not include recreational vehicles or travel trailers.

   (j)   "Mobile home park"  means a parcel of land under single ownership which has been planned and improved for the placement of two or more mobile homes for nontransient use.

   (k)   “New  construction”  means structures for which the “start of construction” commenced on or after August 20, 1979, and includes any subsequent improvements to such structures.

   (l)   "One hundred year flood"  means a flood that, on the average, is likely to occur once every 100 years (i.e., that has a one percent (1%) chance of occurring each year, although the flood may occur in any year).

   (m)   “Regulatory flood elevation”  means the one hundred year flood elevation.

   (n)   “Structure”  means a walled and roofed building, including gas or liquid storage tank that is principally above ground, as well as mobile home.

      (Ord. 2717.  Passed 2-10-86; Ord. 3035.  Passed 4-15-96.)