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<br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />-5- <br /> <br />Flood Boundary-Floodway Map (FBFM)-~ans an offical map of a community on which <br />Federal Energency Managerrent Agency has delineated the areas of special flood hazard <br />applicable to the community. <br /> <br />Flood or Flooding-rreans a general and temporary condition of partial or canplete <br />mundatlon ot normally dry land areas fran: <br /> <br />( 1) '!he overflow of inland or tidal waters. <br /> <br />(2) '!he unusual and rapid accumulation of runoff <br />or surface waters fran any source. <br /> <br />Fl00d Insurance Rate Map (FIRM)-rreans an official map of a community, on. which <br />tne l''ederal Energency Managerrent Agency has delineated both the areas of special <br />flood hazards and the risk premium zones applicable to the community. <br /> <br />Flood Insurance Study-is the official report provided by the Federal Emergency <br />Managerrent Agency. The report contains flood profiles, the water surface elevation <br />of the base flood, as ~ll as the Flood Insurance Rate Map and the Flood Hazard <br />Boundary-Floodway Map. <br /> <br />Floodway (Regulatory Floodway)-rreans the channel of a river or other watercourse <br />and the adjacent land areas that must be reserved in order to discharge the base <br />flood without cumulatively increasing the water surface elevation more than a de- <br />signated might. <br /> <br />Habi table Floor-rreans any floor usable for living purposes, which includes working, <br />sleepmg, eatlng, cooking or recreation, or a canbination thereof. A floor used <br />for storage purposes only is not a "habitable floor". <br /> <br />Highest Adjacent Grade-rreans the highest natural elevation of the ground surface <br />prlor to constructlon next to the proposed walls of a structure. <br /> <br />~an Sea Ievel-rreans tm average height of tm sea for all stages of the tide. <br /> <br />Mobile Hare-rreans a structure, transportable in one or more sections, which is <br />bullt on a permanent chassis and designed to be used with or without a permanent <br />foundation when connected to the required utilities. It does not include recreational <br />vehicles or travel trailers. <br /> <br />New Mobile Hare Park Or Mobile Hare Subdivision- rreans a parcel of land (or con- <br />tlgUOUS parcels) ot land dlV1C1ed lnto two or more mobile hare lots for rent or <br />sale for which the construction of facilities for servicing the lot on which the <br />mobile hare is to be affixed (including, at a minimum, the installation of utilities, <br />eitmr final site grading or the pouring of concrete pads, and the construction <br />of streets) is canpleted before the effective date of this ordinance. <br /> <br />sand Dunes- rreans naturally occuring accumulations of sand ridges or mounds land- <br />ward ot a beach. <br /> <br />Start of Construction-rreans the first placerrent of permanent construction of a <br />structure (other than a mobile hare) on a site, such as the pouring of slabs or <br />footings or any work beyond the stage of excavation. Rermanent construction does <br />not include land preparation, such as clearing, grading, and filling: nor does it <br />include the installation of streets and/ or walkways: nor does it include excavation <br />for a baserrent, footings, piers or foundation or the erection of temporary forms: <br />nor does it include tm installation on the property of accessory buildings, <br />such as gargages or sheds not occupied as dvJelling units or not as part of the <br />main structure. For a structure (other than a mobile hane) without a baserrent or <br />poured footings, the "start of construction" includes the first permanent framing <br />or assembly of the structure or any part thereof on its piling or foundation. For <br />mobile hares not within a mobile hare park or mobile hare subdivision, "start of <br />construction" rreans the affixing of the mobile hare to its permanent site. For <br />