Substantially impermeable to the passage of water. The passage of some water vapor or minor seepage the structure is ESSENTIALLY DRY SPACE A space which will remain dry during flooding, except for Storage of equipment or materials and the subdivision of land. The placement of manufactured homes streets and other paving utilities įilling, grading and excavation mining dredging drilling operations Repair, expansion, or alteration of buildings or other structures Including but not limited to the construction, reconstruction, renovation, DEVELOPMENT Any man-made change to improved or unimproved real estate, Structure is designed and constructed to prevent the passage of waterĪnd water vapor. COMPLETELY DRY SPACE A space which will remain totally dry during flooding the

Included shall be all manufactured homesĪnd trailers to be used for human habitation. BUILDING A combination of materials to form a permanent structure BASEMENT Any area of the building having its floor below ground level Resulting from a flood that has a one-percent or greater chance ofīeing equaled or exceeded in any given year.

BASE FLOOD ELEVATION (BFE) The elevation shown on the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM)įor Zones AE, AH, A1-30, that indicates the water surface elevation BASE FLOOD A flood which has a one-percent chance of being equaled orĮxceeded in any given year (also called the 'one-hundred-year flood'). Meanings indicated: ACCESSORY USE OR STRUCTURE A use or structure on the same lot with, and of a natureĬustomarily incidental and subordinate to, the principal use or structure. Sanitary Wastewater and Stormwater DischargeĪs used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the

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