Ord 1999-007 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home

Section 7 -9 -209 Basement means any area of the building having its floor subgrade - i.e., below ground level - on all sides. Section 7 -9 -210 Breakaway walls are any type of walls, whether solid or lattice, and whether constructed of concrete, masonry, wood, metal, plastic or any other suitable building material which is not part of the structural support of the building and which is designed to break away under abnormally high tides or wave action without causing any damage to the structural integrity of the building on which they are used or any buildings to which they might be carried by flood waters. A breakaway wall shall have a safe design loading resistance of not less than ten and no more than twenty pounds per square foot: Use of breakaway walls must be certified by a registered engineer or architect and shall meet the following conditions: (a) breakaway wall collapse shall result from a water load less than that which would occur during the base flood, and (b) the elevated portion of the building shall not incur any structural damage due to the effects of wind and water loads acting simultaneously in the event of the base flood. Section 7 -9 -21 1 Building - see "Structure ". Section 7 -9 -212 Coastal high hazard area means an area of special flood hazard extending from offshore to the inland limit of a primary frontal dune along an open coast and any other area subject to high velocity wave action from storms or seismic sources. It is an area subject to high velocity waters, including coastal and tidal inundation or tsunamis. The area is designated on a Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) as Zone VI -V30, VE, or V. Section 7 -9 -213 Development means any man -made change to improved or unimproved real estate, including but not limited to buildings or other structures, mining, dredging, filling, grading, paving, excavation or drilling operations or storage of equipment or materials. Section 7 -9 -214 Encroachment means the advance or infringement of uses, plant growth, fill, excavation, buildings, permanent structures or development into a floodplain which may impede or alter the flow capacity of a floodplain. Section 7 -9 -215 Existing manufactured hone park or subdivision means a manufactured home park or subdivision for which the construction of facilities for servicing the lots on which the manufactured homes are to be affixed (including, at a minimum, the installation of utilities, the construction of streets, and either final site 4