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05/12/2005
<br />Development means any mau -made constructed change to improved or unimproved real estate,
<br />including, but not limited to, buildings or other structures, mining, dredging, filling, grading, paving,
<br />excavation or drilling operations, or storage of equipment or materials.
<br />Disposal defined as in NCGS 130A- 290(a)(6).
<br />Elevated Building means a non - basement building, ) Wilt, the ease of ���
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<br />t f4eilitate-the u4mpeded movement of flood atef-s which has its reference level raised above
<br />¢round level by foundation walls, shear walls, posts, piers, pilings, or columns with openings
<br />sufficient to facilitate automatic equalization of hydrostatic flood forces on exterior walls by
<br />allowing entry and exit of floodwaters and the unimpeded movement of flood waters.
<br />Encroachment means the advance or infringement of uses, fill, excavation, buildings,
<br />permanent structures or development into a floodplain, which may impede or alter the flow
<br />capacity of a floodplain.
<br />Existing Construction means structures for which the "start of construction" commenced
<br />before March 16, 1981. This term may also be referred to as "existing structures."
<br />Existing manufactured home park or manufactured home subdivision means a manufactured home
<br />park or subdivision for which the construction of facilities for servicing the lots on which the
<br />manufactured homes are to be affixed (including, at a minimum, the installation of utilities, the
<br />construction of streets, and either final site grading or the pouring of concrete pads) completed before
<br />March 16, 1981.
<br />additional sites by the eonstpaetion of faeflities for- servieing the lots on whi� the maftufaetffed homes
<br />are to be affixed (ineluding, at a > the installation of ufilifies, the eenstmetien of StFeets, an
<br />either- fiRal site grading or- the r ^ „v t pads).
<br />Flood and flooding means a general and temporary condition of partial or complete inundation of
<br />normally dry land areas from the overflow of inland or tidal waters and the unusual and rapid
<br />accumulation of runoff of surface waters from any source.
<br />Flood boundary and floodway map (UFM) means an official map of an Orange County,
<br />issued by the FEMA, on which FEMA has delineated the Special Flood Hazard Areas and the
<br />floodways This official map is a supplement to and shall be used in conjunction with the FIRM.
<br />Flood hazard boundary map (FHBM) means an official map of a Orange County, issued by the
<br />Federal Emergency Management Agency, where the boundaries of the Special Flood Hazard Areas have
<br />been defined as Zone A.
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