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Article 10: Definitions <br />Section 10.1: Definitions <br />111::::lood Insurance IlRate I alp ( III °° 111118 ) <br />An official, adopted Orange County map, issued by FEMA, on which both the Special Flood Hazard Areas <br />and the risk premium zones applicable to the county are delineated. These areas are incorporated within <br />the official Zoning Atlas for Orange County as the Special Flood Hazard Area Overlay District. <br />111::::lood Insurance Sto ( III °° III ) <br />An examination, evaluation, and determination of flood hazard, corresponding water surface elevations (if <br />appropriate), flood insurance risk zones, and other flood data in Orange County issued by FEMA. The <br />FIS report contains corresponding flood profiles, as well as FIRMs. <br />111::::lood Lii Ip <br />� aiQ' jai tln A- u:a a ° iw AI k i :` i " umaitlQ it II u¢ Ir�tliii ¢ IF_II xxj II_arfI12_ <br />Ilf °° III IIl iii Iht <br />w =w l ti A� tl i � a t�aiw 1� Aug ` � uaitlQ it II ii¢ Ir�tliii�¢ IF II Qjllii¢ Ir�tl.14 <br />III °° III Ip 111 iii in r° III °° III 11I ::Ir,oine Area <br />Any land area susceptible to being inundated by water from any source and is interchangeable terms. <br />III::::]oodIpIIaIIin Administrator, <br />The individual appointed to administer and enforce the floodplain management regulations. <br />III °° Ill 1plll iiiin Ilf; 111 1piii int III °I r °iii iiit <br />A document required for any disturbance within a mapped special flood hazard area prior to the <br />commencement of any development activity. <br />III::::]oodIpIIaIIin IMainageimeint <br />The operation of an overall program of corrective and preventive measures for reducing flood damage <br />and preserving and enhancing, where possible, natural resources in the floodplain, including but not <br />limited to emergency preparedness plans, flood control works, floodplain management regulations, and <br />open space plans. <br />III::::]oodIpIIaIIin IReg LI latilo in <br />This Ordinance, subdivision regulations, building codes, health regulations, special purpose ordinances, <br />and other applications of police power, which control development in flood -prone areas. This term <br />describes federal, state or local regulations in any combination thereof, which provide standards for <br />preventing and reducing flood loss and damage. <br />III °° III III °Ir,00 iiiin <br />Any combination of structural and nonstructural additions, changes, or adjustments to structures, which <br />reduce or eliminate risk of flood damage to real estate or improved real property, water and sanitation <br />facilities, or structures with their contents. <br />III °° III <br />The channel of a river or other watercourse and the adjacent land areas that must be reserved in order to <br />discharge the base flood without cumulatively increasing the water surface elevation more than one foot. <br />This term may also be referred to as "regulatory floodway." <br />14 Staff is eliminating multiple definitions of terms and providing a reference point to direct the reader where the <br />term can be found within the UDO. <br />Orange County, North Carolina — Unified Development Ordinance Page 10 -11 <br />