RES-2005-077 Resolution and Ordinance to Provide for Flood Damage Prevention in Orange County

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09/26/2005 10 Area of special flood hazard, see "Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) " Base flood means the flood having a one (1 %) percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year. . Base flood elevation (BFE) means a determination as published in the Flood Insurance Study of the water surface elevations of the base flood. t:~l Basement means any area of the building having its floor sub grade (below ground level) on all sides. Building > >, see "Structure ".. Chemical storage facility means a building, portion of a building, or exterior area adjacent to a building used for the storage of any chemical or chemically reactive products. (3) Development means any made constructed change to improved or unimproved real estate, including, but not limited to, buildings or other structures, mining, dredging, filling, grading, paving, excavation or drilling operations, or .storage of equipment or materials Removed old terms no Disposal defined as in NCGS 130A-290(a)(6). longer used. Elevated Building means anon-basement building, (4) b~ilt~~~*'~°.. ^ ^~ ~ ~-••~~a~~~- ~~ ~^~^~ t]z?-~3s'3Se-~6e~--fiCz'~Se-~~6iz@Szii-A~n n~ ~ n nn ~ n n y $~-cax~~@lc'.i'zs ~' '~'~' ~e > --> > which has its reference level raised above ground level by foundation walls, shear walls, .posts, piers, pilings, or columns with openings sufficient to facilitate automatic equalization of hydrostatic flood forces on exterior walls by allowing entry and exit of floodwaters and the unimpeded movement offloodwaters. ~3) Encroachment means the advance or .infringement of uses, fill, excavation, buildings, permanent structures or development into a floodplain, which may impede or alter the flow capacity of a floodplain. Existing Construction means structures for which the "start of construction " commenced before March 16, 1981. This term may also be referred to as "existing structures. "