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<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 the
<br />regulatory flood protection elevation to determine regulatory compliance. For structures within Special
<br />Flood Hazard Areas designated as Zone Al -A30, AE, A, A99, or AO, the reference level is the top of
<br />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 where
<br />BFE's have been determined, this elevation shall be the BFE plus two (2') feet of freeboard. In areas
<br />where no BFE has been established, all structures and other development must be elevated or flood
<br />proofed, if non - residential, to two (2') feet above the highest adjacent grade.
<br />Remedy a violation means to bring the structure or other development into compliance with State
<br />and Orange County laws and regulations.
<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 event,
<br />on the average, equals or exceeds twenty -five percent (25 %) of the market value, or the tax value in the
<br />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, and
<br />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, brook,
<br />etc.
<br />Salvage yard means property used for the storage, collection, and/or recycling of any type of
<br />equipment whatsoever, whether industrial or non - commercial, and including but not limited to vehicles,
<br />appliances and related machinery.
<br />Solid waste disposal facility means any facility involved in the disposal of solid waste, as defined
<br />in NCGS 130A- 290(a)(35).
<br />Solid waste disposal site defined as in NCGS 130A- 290(a)(36).
<br />Special flood hazard area (SFHA) means the land in the floodplain subject to a one (1 %) percent
<br />or greater chance of being flooded in any given year as determined in Section 3.2 of this Ordinance.
<br />Start of Construction includes substantial improvement, and means the date the building permit
<br />was issued, provided the actual start of construction, repair, reconstruction, rehabilitation, addition
<br />placement, or other improvement was within 180 days of the permit date. The actual start means either
<br />the first placement of permanent construction of a structure (including a manufactured home) on a site,
<br />such as the pouring of slabs or footings, installation of piles, construction of columns, or any work
<br />beyond the stage of excavation; or the placement of a manufactured home on a foundation. Permanent
<br />construction does not include land preparation, such as clearing, grading, and filling; nor does it include
<br />the installation of streets and/or walkways; nor does it include excavation for a basement, footings, piers,
<br />or foundations or the erection of temporary forms; nor does it include the installation on the property of
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