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grading, paving, excavating, drilling operations, or <br />permanent storage of materiels. <br />-Elevated bulldlno means a non-basement building built to <br />have the lowest floor elevated above the ground level by <br />means of fill, solid foundation perimeter wail, pilings, <br />columns [posts and piers), shear wails, or breakaway walls. <br />-Flood or floodinq means a general and temporary condition <br />of partial or complete inundation of normally dry land areas <br /> <br /> 1. The overflow of inland or tidal waters; <br /> 2. The unusual and rapid accumulation or runoff of <br />surface waters from any source. <br /> <br />-Flood Hazard Boundary Mpp [FH~M) meane an official map of a <br />community, issued by the Federal Emergency Management <br />Agency, where the boundaries of the areas of special flood <br />hazard have been defined as Zone A. <br />-Flood Insurance Rate Map [FIRM) ma.aris an official map of a <br />community, on which thc Federal Emergency Management Agency <br />has delineated both the areas of special flood hazard and <br />the risk premium zones ~pplicable to the community. <br />-Floodway means ~he channel of · river or other w&tsrcourse <br />and the adjacent land areas that must be reserved in order <br />to discharge the base flood without cumulatively increasing <br />the water surface elevation more than one fool. <br />-Floor means the top surface of an enclosed area in a <br />building [including basement), i.e., the top of slab in <br />concrete slab construction or top of wood flooring in wood <br />frame construction. The term does not include the floor of <br />a garage used solely for parking vehicles. <br />-Functionally dependent facility means a facility which <br />cannot be used for its intended purpose unless il is located <br />or carries out in close proximity to water, such es a <br />docking or port facility necessary for the loading and <br />unloadlng of cargo or passengers, shipbuilding, ship repelr, <br />or seafood processing facilities. Thc term does not include <br /> <br />facilities. <br />-Hiqhest adi~cent qrade me.ns the highest natural elevation <br />of the ground surface, prior to construction, next to the <br />proposed walls of · structure. <br />-Mean sea level means the average height of the ssa for <br />all stages of the tide. It is used as a reference for <br />establishing various elevations wilhin the flood plain. For <br />purposes of this ordinance, the term ia synonymous with <br />National Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD). <br />-Manufactured home means a structure, transportable in one <br />or more sections, which is built on a permaneot chassis And <br />designed to be used with or without e permanent foundation <br />when connected to the required utilities. 1ha term also <br />includes park trailers, travel trailers, and similar <br />transportable structures placed on a site for 160 <br />consecutive days or longer end intended to be improved <br /> <br /> 3 <br /> <br /> <br />