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A~~~Chrl~~n~ ~•~ <br />A~~cre ~~~ D~fin[#iar~~ <br />section ~0.'i: Di;~INiT[~N <br />location, size, shape, access and i rnprovements, required for each square foot of ~ gross land area. <br />This area is ~ pub lic or private exterior area improved far recreation of all residents, having ~ i east <br />dimension of 5o feet, and average dimension of ~ oD feet and a minimum area of ~ ~,~~~ square feet. <br />~° ~~ <br />A self~propelled or towed vehicle, qualified to be licensed by the appropriate state Agency, and is built on a <br />single chassis, X00 square feet or less when measured at the largest horizontal projection, providing short <br />tern recreational living accomr~odations, designed primarily not for use as a permanent dwelling, but as <br />temporary living quarters for recreatior~af, camping, travel, or seasonal use. <br />Includes uses such as tennis clubs, swim clubs, racquet ball, squash clubs, pitch and putt courses, <br />amusement areas, bowling allies, skating rinks, shooting ranges, billiard and pool halls, indoor athletic <br />facilities and such similar uses, <br /> <br />The portion of a structure or other development that must be compared to the regulatory flood protection <br />elevation to determine regulatory compliance. i` or structures within Special flood Hazard Areas <br />designated a done A~, the reference bevel is the top of the lowest floor. <br />~ f ~~ ~~ <br />The Base flood elevation plus the freeboard establishes this elevation. In Special Flood Hazard Areas <br />where Base i' lood Elevations have been determined, this elevation shall be the Base l'`lood Elevation plus <br />two feet of freeboard. <br />~~at~ ~~~ <br />A facility licensed by the appropriate state agency, as a group care facility far individuals who are <br />handicapped, aged, disabled, ~routhful offenders, addicted to alcohol or drugs, requiring professional health <br />care, adult supervision, or rehabilitation. <br />~~ <br />To bring the structure or other development into compliance with State and grange bounty laws and <br />regulations, <br />plood-related damages sustained by a structure on two separate occasions during any ten year period for <br />which the cost of repairs at the time of each such flood event, on the average, equals or exceeds ~5~10 of <br />the market value, or the tax value in the absence of recent comparative sales, of the #ructure before the <br />damage occurred, <br />~, ~ <br />A body of water, such as a pond or lake, confined by a dam or other barrier to b used for public water <br />supply from which water flows by gravity or is pumped directly to a treatment plant or to a small intervening <br />storage basin and thence to atreatment piant~ <br />~r~ I ~ <br />A body of water, such as a pond or lake, confined by a dam or other barrier to be used for public water <br />supply from which water flows by gravity or is pumped to a C lass I reservoir prior to final entrance to a <br />water treatment plant. <br />~~~i ~ <br />Buildings far residential use such as attached and detached single farrrily dwellings, apartment complexes, <br />condorniniurrws# townhouses, cottages, and their associated outbuildings such s garages, storage <br />buildings, and gazebos. <br />~~ange ~oon~y, ~lo~fh aroiina ~ l~ni~ed ~evelopent ordinance Page ~~-o <br />