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Substantial damage means damage of any origin sustained by a structure whereby the cost of restoring the structure to its before damaged condition would equal or exceed 50 percent of the market value of the structure before the damaged occurred. See definition of "substantial improvement." Substantial Improvement means any combination of repairs, reconstruction, rehabilitation, addition, or other improvement of a structure, taking place during any one-year period for which the cost equals or exceeds 50 percent of the market value of the structure before the "start of construction" of the improvement. This term includes structures which have incurred "substantial damage", regardless of the actual repair work performed. The term does not, however, include either: (a) any correction of existing violations of State or community health, sanitary, or safety code specifications which have been identified by the community code enforcement official and which are the minimum necessary to assure safe living conditions; or (b) any alteration of a historic structure, provided that the alteration will not preclude the structure's continued designation as a historic structure. Variance means a grant of relief from the requirements of this article which permits construction in a manner otherwise prohibited by this article where specific enforcement would result in unnecessary hardship. Violation means the failure of a structure or other development to be fully compliant with the community's floodplain management regulations. A structure or other development without the elevation certificate, other certifications, or other evidence of compliance required is presumed to be in violation until such time as that documentation is provided. (Ord. of 2-16-87, art. 2; Ord. of 10-17-94, art. 2) Water Surface Elevation (WSE) means the height, in relation to mean sea level, of floods of various magnitudes and frequencies in the floodplains of riverine areas. Watercourse means a lake, river, creek, stream, wash, channel or other topographic feature on or over which waters flow at least periodically. Watercourse includes specifically designated areas in which substantial flood damage may occur. Sec. 38-30 Cross references: Definitions generally, § 1-2. ARTICLE 3 GENERAL PROVISIONS Sec. 38-31. SECTION A Lands to which this article applies. This article shall apply to all areas of special flood hazard within the jurisdiction of the county. (Ord. of 2-16-87, art. 3, § A; Ord. of 10-17-94, art. 3, § A) Sec. 38-32 SECTION B BASIS FOR ESTABLISHING THE SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AREAS. The Special Flood Hazard Areas are those identified under the Cooperating Technical State (CTS) agreement between the State of North Carolina and FEMA in its Flood Insurance Study (FIS) for Cabarrus County dated November 5, 2008 and its accompanying Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM), dated November 5, 2008 and March 2, 2009, which are adopted by reference and declared to be a part of this ordinance. The initial Flood Insurance Rate Maps are as follows for the jurisdictional areas at the initial date: Cabarrus County Unincorporated Area, dated November 2, 1994 .