Ordinances-2002-256

LOWEST FLOOR - The floor of the lowest enclosed area in a building including a basement except when all the following criteria are met: a. The enclosed area is designed to flood to equalize hydrostatic pressure during floods with walls or openings that satisfy the provisions of Section IIIA4a of this Ordinance and b. The enclosed area is unfinished (not carpeted, drywalled, etc.) and used solely for low damage potential uses such as building access, parking or storage, and c. Machinery and service facilities (e.g., hot water heater, furnace, electrical service) contained in the enclosed area are located at least one (1) foot above the 100-year flood level, and d. The enclosed area is not a "basement" as defined in this section. In cases where the lowest enclosed area satisfies criteria a, b, c, and d above, the lowest floor is the floor of the next highest enclosed area that does not satisfy the criteria above. NEW CONSTRUCTION - Those structures or development for which the start of construction commenced on or after the effective date of the Flood Insurance Rate Map. NEW FACTORY-BUILT HOME PARK OR SUBDIVISION - 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 pouring of concrete pads) is completed on or after the effective date of the effective date of flood plain management regulations adopted by the community. ONE HUNDRED (100) YEAR FLOOD - A flood, the magnitude of which has a one (1) percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year or which, on the average, will be equaled or exceeded a least once every one hundred (100) years. RECREATIONAL VEHICLE - A vehicle which is: a. Built on a single chassis; b. Four hundred (400) square feet or less when measured at the largest horizontal projection; c. Designed to be self-propelled or permanently towable by a light duty truck; and d. Designed primarily not for use as a permanent dwelling but as a temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, travel, or seasonal use. SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AREA - The land within a community subject to the "100-year flood". This land is identified as Zone A, AE, A1-A30, AO and AH on the community's Flood Insurance Rate Map.