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05/12/2005
<br />Flood Insurance means the insurance coverage provided under the National Flood Insurance
<br />Program (NFIP).
<br />Flood insurance rate map (FIRM) means an official, adopted Orange County map e€ the eery,
<br />issued by the FEMA, on which both the
<br />Special Flood Hazard Areas and the risk premium zones applicable to the
<br />county are delineated.
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<br />e— �`��— su�ee -- elm- �•oa— ��� —�r� means an examination, evaluation, and
<br />determination of flood hazard areas, corresponding water surface elevations (if appropriate),
<br />flood insurance risk zones, and other flood data in Orange County issued by FEMA. The FIS
<br />report contains an evaluation and determination of flood hazards and corresponding flood
<br />profiles, as well as FIRMs and FBFMs, if published.
<br />Floodplain or Flood Prone Area means any land area susceptible to being inundated by
<br />water from any source.
<br />Floodplain Administrator is the individual appointed to administer and enforce the floodplain
<br />management regulations.
<br />Floodplain Management means the operation of an overall program of corrective and
<br />preventive measures for reducing flood damage and preserving and enhancing, where possible,
<br />natural resources in the floodplain, includine but not limited to emergency preparedness plans,
<br />flood control works, floodplain management regulations, and open space plans.
<br />Floodplain Regulations means this Ordinance and other zoning ordinances, subdivision
<br />regulations, building codes, health regulations, special purpose ordinances, and other applications
<br />of police power, which control development in flood prone areas. This term describes federal,
<br />state or local regulations in anv combination thereof, which provide standards for nreventinLy and
<br />Flood Proofing means any combination of structural and nonstructural additions, changes,
<br />or adjustments to structures, which reduce or eliminate risk of flood damage to real estate or
<br />improved real property, water and sanitation facilities, or structures with their contents.
<br />Floodway means the channel of a river or other watercourse and the adjacent land areas that must
<br />be reserved in order to discharge the base flood without cumulatively increasing the water surface
<br />elevation more than one (1) foot. This term may also be referred to as "regulatory floodway."
<br />Flood Zone means a eenraphical area shown on a FHBM or FIRM that reflects the severitv
<br />or type of floodine in the area.
<br />Floor means the top sui=faee of an earalesed area in a bWlding (ineluding basement), i.e., top of
<br />slab in eener-ete slab eseftstraefien or- top of wood fleer-ing in wood fi:ame eenstfuetion. The teEm does
<br />(see "Lowest Floor ").
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