§ 1242.06.1. Definitions.

For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions are adopted:

Base flood: The flood having a one percent probability of being equaled or exceeding in any given year. The base flood is also known as the 100-year flood. The base flood elevation at any location is as defined in this chapter.

Building: A structure that is principally above ground and is enclosed by walls and a roof. The term includes a gas or liquid storage tank in order that such tanks will be constructed to the same flood damage protection standards. The term includes a mobile home or prefabricated building which is affixed on a permanent site and connected to the required utilities. The term does not include recreational vehicles or travel trailers.

Development:

(a)

Any man-made change to real estate, including:

(1)

Construction, reconstruction or placement of a building or an addition to a building valued at more than $1,000.00;

(2)

Drilling, mining, installing utilities or facilities, construction of roads, bridges or similar projects valued at more than $1,000.00;

(3)

Construction or erection of levees, walls or fences;

(4)

Filling, dredging, grading, excavating or other nonagricultural alteration of the ground surface;

(5)

Storage of materials; or

(6)

Any other activity that might change the direction, height or velocity of flood or surface waters.

(b)

Development does not include:

(1)

Maintenance of existing buildings and facilities such as reroofing buildings or resurfacing roads;

(2)

Repairs made to a damaged building that do not change the building's exterior dimensions and that are valued at less than 50 percent of the value of the building before the damage occurred; or

(3)

Gardening, plowing and similar agricultural practices that do not involve filling, grading or construction of levees.

FPE: Flood protection elevation; that elevation located beneath the lowest elevated floor of an elevated residential building, where all electrical, plumbing, ventilating, heating and air conditioning equipment, related ductwork, and utility meters shall be located at or above said FPE (flood protection elevation).

Flood: A general and temporary condition of inundation of normally dry land areas from the overflow, the unusual and rapid accumulation, or runoff of surface waters from any source.

Floodway: That portion of the SFHA (special flood hazard area) required to store and convey the base flood. If not prohibited, building or placing obstructions in a floodway will increase flood damage to other properties.

Riverine SFHA: Any SFHA subject to flooding from a river, creek, intermittent stream, ditch, or any other identified channel. This term does not include areas subject to flooding from lakes (except public bodies of water), ponding areas, areas of sheet flow, or other areas not subject to overbank flooding.

SFHA or special flood hazard area: Lands within the jurisdiction of the city that are subject to inundation by the base flood. The SFHAs of the city are generally identified as such on the flood insurance rate map of the city prepared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and dated May 1, 1979, and/or as revised.