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21 Gravel refuse, fill structure vegetation or other material in, along, across, or projecting into any watercourse which may alter impede retard or change the direction and/or velocity of the flow of water, or due to its location its propensity to snare or collect debris carried by the flow of water, or its likelihood of being carried downstream. Post-FIRM -- Construction or other development, which started on or after March 16, 1981. Pre-FIRM -- Construction or other development, which started before March 16, 1981. Public safety and/or nuisance -- Anything, which is injurious to the safety or health of an entire Orange Count o~ neighborhood or any considerable number of persons, or unlawfully obstructs the free passage or use in the customary manner, of any navigable lake, or river, bay, stream, canal, or basin. Reference level -- The portion of a structure or other development that must be compared to the regulatory flood protection elevation to determine re ug lator~pliance For structures within Special Flood Hazard Areas designated as Zone AE, the reference level is the top of the lowest floor. Regulatory flood protection elevation -- The elevation to which all structures and other development located within the ~ecial Flood Hazard Areas have been determined. Within areas where BFE's have been determined this elevation shall be the BFE plus two (2) feet of freeboard. In areas where no BFE has been established all structures and other development must be elevated or flood proofed, if non- residential, to two (2) feet above the hi est adjacent grade. Remedy aviolation -- To brim the structure or other development into compliance with State and Orange County laws and regulations. Repetitive loss -- Flood-related damages sustained by a structure on two (2~eparate occasions during any ten l0~vear period for which the cost of repairs at the time of each such flood event, on the average, equals or exceeds twenty-five (25~percent of the market value, or the tax value in the absence of recent comparative sales, of the structure before the damage occurred. Retrofitting -- Measures, such as flood proofing, elevation, construction of small levees, and other modifications, taken on an existing buildin og r its yard to protect it from flood damage. Riverine -- Relating to formed by, or resembling_a river (including tributaries), stream, brook, etc. Salvage yard -- Property used for the storage, collection, andlor rec~g of any type of equipment whatsoever whether industrial or non-commercial, and including but not limited to vehicles, appliances and related machinery. Solid waste disposal facility -- Anv facility involved in the disposal of any hazardous or non-hazardous refuses or sludge from a waste treatment plant, water supply treatment plant or air pollution control facility domestic sewage and sludges generated by the treatment thereof in sanitary sewage collection, treatment and disposal systems and other material that is either discarded or is being accumulated, stored or treated prior to being discarded or has served its original intended use and is Qenerally discarded, including solid liquid semisolid or contained gaseous material resulting from industrial, institutional, commercial and agricultural operations, and from community activities. Solid waste disposal site -- Any place at which solid wastes are disposed of by incineration, sanitary landfill or any other method.