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<br />Post FIRM means construction or other development which started on or after March 16,
<br />1981.
<br />Pre FIRM means construction or other development, which started before March 16, 1981.
<br />Public safety and/or nuisance means anything, which is incurious to the safety or health of
<br />an entire Orange County or neighborhood, or any considerable number of persons, or unlawfully
<br />obstructs the free passage or use, in the customary manner, of any navigable lake, or river, bay,
<br />stream, canal, or basin.
<br />Recreational vehicle Ri means a vehicle, which is built on a single chassis, 400 square feet or
<br />less when measured at the largest horizontal projection, designed to be self - propelled or permanently
<br />towable by a light duty truck, and designed primarily not for use as a permanent dwelling, but as
<br />temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, travel, or seasonal use.
<br />Reference level is the portion of a structure or other development that must be compared to
<br />the regulatory flood protection elevation to determine regulatory compliance. For structures
<br />within Special Flood Hazard Areas designated as Zone Al -A30, AE, A, A99, or AO, the reference
<br />level is the top of the lowest inhabited floor.
<br />Regulatory flood protection elevation means the elevation to which all structures and other
<br />development located within the Special Flood Hazard Areas have been determined. Within areas
<br />where BFE's have been determined, this elevation shall be the BFE plus two (21) feet of freeboard.
<br />In areas where no BFE has been established, all structures and other development must be
<br />elevated or flood proofed, if non - residential, to two (21) feet above the highest adjacent grade.
<br />Remedy a violation means to bring the structure or other development into compliance with State
<br />or level and Orange County laws and fleedplain managemefl.t. regulations, , if this is not pessib to
<br />with regard to the stfuetffe er other- develepmen.A.
<br />Repetitive loss means flood - related damages sustained by a structure on two (2) separate
<br />occasions during any 10 -year period for which the cost of repairs at the time of each such flood
<br />event, on the average, equals or exceeds twenty -five percent (25 %) of the market value, or the tax
<br />value in the absence of recent comparative sales, of the structure before the damage occurred.
<br />Retrofitting means measures, such as flood proofing, elevation, construction of small levees,
<br />and other modifications, taken on an existing building or its yard to protect it from flood damage.
<br />Riverine means relating to, formed by, or resembling a river (including tributaries), stream,
<br />brook, etc.
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<br />Reference level is the portion of a structure or other development that must be compared to
<br />the regulatory flood protection elevation to determine regulatory compliance. For structures
<br />within Special Flood Hazard Areas designated as Zone Al -A30, AE, A, A99, or AO, the reference
<br />level is the top of the lowest inhabited floor.
<br />Regulatory flood protection elevation means the elevation to which all structures and other
<br />development located within the Special Flood Hazard Areas have been determined. Within areas
<br />where BFE's have been determined, this elevation shall be the BFE plus two (21) feet of freeboard.
<br />In areas where no BFE has been established, all structures and other development must be
<br />elevated or flood proofed, if non - residential, to two (21) feet above the highest adjacent grade.
<br />Remedy a violation means to bring the structure or other development into compliance with State
<br />or level and Orange County laws and fleedplain managemefl.t. regulations, , if this is not pessib to
<br />with regard to the stfuetffe er other- develepmen.A.
<br />Repetitive loss means flood - related damages sustained by a structure on two (2) separate
<br />occasions during any 10 -year period for which the cost of repairs at the time of each such flood
<br />event, on the average, equals or exceeds twenty -five percent (25 %) of the market value, or the tax
<br />value in the absence of recent comparative sales, of the structure before the damage occurred.
<br />Retrofitting means measures, such as flood proofing, elevation, construction of small levees,
<br />and other modifications, taken on an existing building or its yard to protect it from flood damage.
<br />Riverine means relating to, formed by, or resembling a river (including tributaries), stream,
<br />brook, etc.
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