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32 <br />f 11 percent chance of being paled or exceeded-in any given year. <br />Base flood -- The flood having a one <br />Z <br />It is often referred to as the 100-year MOM <br />Base flood elevation (B A determination as )ublished in the Flood Insurance Stud y of the water <br />surface elevations of the base flood. <br />Basement Anv area of the building havin its floor sub grade (below around levell) on, —all sides. <br />Chemical storage facili -- A buildin ortion of a buildin or exterior area adjacent to a building used <br />for the storage of any chemical or chemically reactive products. <br />I but not limited <br />Devel constructed char MI roved or roved real estate, includjng� —b <br />4m— mari;ncr nnvinpr- excavation or drilling <br />aerations ,0-r- storage — of equipment or mater <br />Disposal - the dispbgge. dg posit, injection dum: in s illin leakin or lacin of any solid waste into <br />or on M land or water so that the solid waste or an constituent Rart -RL the -solid -waste ma y enter the <br />environment or be emitted into the air or discharged into an waters., includinoundwater. <br />Elevated Buffdi A non - basement b which has its reference level raised sb'nve ground 1-Y14 <br />UZ=B_,basemenI <br />by foundation walls shear waU-sposts, piers, pilings, or columns with ----t' o --P on—ings sufficient to facilitate automatic equalization of hydrostatic 1100a forces on exterior walls by allowin _eptry and exit of <br />floodwaters and the unim eded movement of floodwaters. <br />Encroachment - The advance or infrin Dement Of uses fill excavation buildings ermanent structures or devglopment into a f o o dplain which may impede or alter the flow capacity <br />of afloo-dp-1 <br />ENJ fing Construction -- Structures for which the "start of construction" commenced before March 16 <br />1991. This term may also be _referred to as "existing structures." <br />I -- a manufactured home Park <br />Existing manufactured home park or .m ti -g <br />e prevention p=oses, the construction of facili es for servicing <br />or subdivision for which for flooddamag p - I <br />-=--A t—n1rul;ncr nt nminimum. the installation of <br />completed before March- -16., 1981. <br />Flood and flooding I I ieneral and temporary _p <br />o rcon diion f <br />partial or complete inundation of normally <br />da,land areas from the overflow of inland or tidal waters and the unusual and ra pid accumulation of <br />runoff of surface waters <br />from �ansoource- <br />Flood Lri:n )ortion of the SFHA outside of the floodwa as defined in the FIS and with the <br />-ge - That 2 1" of <br />of the 100 -year floodplain <br />Flood Insurance -- The insurance coverage �rovid�edun�derthe �NafignalFl�oodjn�surmce Insurance gam <br />ma 11"IERA1111 ad d Oran e County map, jm�d by the FEM A on <br />Flood insurance rate i -- An officia9l.aq:liigl,!R:lll,Ll!e:-��� <br />MYR _ P.- - able to the coon are <br />which both the Special Flood Hazard Areas and the -risk r��" �zpp�p <br />-A�r <br />be official 0 9 as, for Orange Counjy . as the <br />al Z nin Atlas are incorporated within the o <br />delineated. These areas <br />Special Flood Hazard Area Overlay District. <br />