Discussion and Review of Tiffin Municipal Code Revisions – Preparation for Setting the Public Hearing — Tiffin City Code - DRAFT

CHAPTER 160 FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT floodway area will not cumulatively increase the water surface elevation of the base flood by more than one (1) foot. 21. “Floodway fringe” means those portions of the Special Flood Hazard Area outside the floodway. 22. “Highest adjacent grade” means the highest natural elevation of the ground surface prior to construction next to the proposed walls of a structure. 23. “Historic structure” means any structure that is: A. Listed individually in the National Register of Historic Places, maintained by the Department of Interior, or preliminarily determined by the Secretary of the Interior as meeting the requirements for individual listing of the National Register; B. Certified or preliminarily determined by the Secretary of the Interior as contributing to the historical significance of a registered historic district or a district preliminarily determined by the Secretary to qualify as a registered historic district; C. Individually listed on a state inventory of historic places in states with historic preservation programs which have been approved by the Secretary of the Interior; or D. Individually listed on a local inventory of historic places in communities with historic preservation programs that have been certified by either: (1) An approved state program as determined by the Secretary of the Interior; or (2) Directly by the Secretary of the Interior in states without approved programs. 24. “Lowest floor” means the floor of the lowest enclosed area in a building including a basement except when the criteria listed in the definition of Enclosed Area Below Lowest Floor are met. 25. “Maximum damage potential development” means hospitals and like institutions; buildings or building complexes containing documents, data, or instruments of great public value; buildings or building complexes containing materials dangerous to the public or fuel storage facilities; emergency response facilities, power installations needed in emergency or other buildings or building complexes similar in nature or use. 26. “Minor projects” means small development activities (except for filling, grading, and excavating) valued at less than $500.00. 27. “New construction” (new buildings, factory-built home parks) means those structures or development for which the start of construction commenced on or after the effective date of the first floodplain management regulations adopted by the community. 28. “New factory-built home park or subdivision” means a factory-built home park or subdivision for which the construction of facilities for servicing the lots on which the factory-built homes are to be affixed (including at a minimum, the installation of utilities, the construction of streets, and either final site grading or the CODE OF ORDINANCES, TIFFIN, IOWA - 1405 -