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<br />gravel, refuse, fill, structure, vegetation or other material in, along across or projecting into any
<br />watercourse, which may alter, impede, retard, or change the direction and /or velocity of the flow of water,
<br />or due to its location, its propensity to snare or collect debris carried by the flow of water, or its likelihood
<br />of being carried downstream.
<br />Post -FIRM -- Construction or other development, which started on or after March 16, 1981.
<br />Pre -FIRM -- Construction or other development, which started before March 16, 1981
<br />Public safety and /or nuisance -- Anything, which is injurious to the safety or health of an entire Orange
<br />County or neighborhood or any considerable number of persons or unlawfully obstructs the free passage
<br />or use, in the customary manner, of any navigable lake, or river, bay, stream, canal, or basin
<br />Reference level -- The portion of a structure or other development that must be compared to the
<br />regulatory flood protection elevation to determine regulatory compliance For structures within Special
<br />Flood Hazard Areas designated as Zone AE, the reference level is the top of the lowest floor.
<br />Regulatory flood protection elevation -- The elevation to which all structures and other development
<br />located within the Special Flood Hazard Areas have been determined Within areas where BFE's have
<br />been determined, this elevation shall be the BFE plus two (2) feet of freeboard. In areas where no BFE
<br />has been established, all structures and other development must be elevated or flood proofed if non-
<br />residential, to two (2) feet above the highest adjacent rg ade.
<br />Remedy a violation -- To bring the stricture or other development into compliance with State and
<br />Orange County laws and regulations.
<br />Repetitive loss -- Flood- related damages sustained by a structure on two (2) separate occasions during
<br />any ten (1 O)-year period for which the cost of repairs at the time of each such flood event on the average
<br />equals or exceeds twenty -five (25) percent of the market value, or the tax value in the absence of recent
<br />comparative sales, of the structure before the damage occurred.
<br />Retrofitting -- Measures, such as flood proofing, elevation, construction of small levees and other
<br />modifications, taken on an existing building uildin or r its yard to protect it fiom flood damage.
<br />Riverine -- Relating to, formed by, or resembling a river (including tributaries), stream, brook etc.
<br />Salvage yard -- Property used for the storage collection and/or recycling of any type of equui ment
<br />whatsoever, whether industrial or non - commercial, and including but not limited to vehicles, appliances
<br />and related machinery.
<br />Solid waste disposal facility -- Any facility involved in the disposal of any hazardous or non - hazardous
<br />refuses or sludge from a waste treatment plant water supply treatment plant or air pollution control
<br />facility, domestic sewage and sludges generated by the treatment thereof in sanitary sewage collection
<br />treatment and disposal systems, and other material that is either discarded or is being accumulated stored
<br />or treated prior to being discarded, or has served its original intended use and is ener'ally discarded
<br />including solid, liquid, semisolid or contained gaseous material resulting from industrial institutional
<br />commercial and agricultural operations, and fiom community activities.
<br />Solid waste disposal site -- Any place at which solid wastes are disposed of by incineration sanitary
<br />landfill or any other method.
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