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OS/I 2/2005 ~ <br />Development means any rttarr-made constructed change to improved or unimproved real estate, <br />including, but not limited to, buildings or other structures, mining, dredging, filluig, grading, paving, <br />excavation or drilling operations, or storage of equipment or materials. <br />Disposal defined as in NCGS 130A-290(61• <br />Elevated Building means anon-basement building, (°"~•~~" +_"_~ r___ _ ~£ ^ w~~i'_~i^o i^ Z.^nes <br />n t n zn n n n n nn n n nu D r v + x. ., a,., +,.« „r+t,o „t.,...,+~„t +~,,.,.. ..t, tt,e .,,- ,,,any <br />b <br />b ~ ~ ~ <br />b <br />tt'-rav-v$$e-rfl~ • T +L. C7 A l A zn A R A A O!) A n A 1, D !' «.i~ ~~`I,.,....+.~.i h..: t.l:«..» ..tie <br />b <br />~n +*~~dca ::..,....~::*. ~_` f-~d->;-Rtes which has its reference level raised above <br />ground level by foundation walls shear walls posts, piers, pilings, or columns with openings <br />sufficient to facilitate automatic equalization of hydrostatic flood forces on exterior walls by <br />allowing entry and exit of floodwaters and the unimpeded movement of flood waters. <br />B7ICYOQChlltertl means the advance or infringement of uses, fill, excavation, buildings, <br />permanent structures or development into a floodplain, which may impede or alter the flow <br />capacity of a floodplain. <br />Existing Construction means structures for which the "start of construction" commenced <br />before March 16 1981 This term may also be referred to as "existing structures: ' <br />Existing nzanufactur°ed home park or' manufactza•ed home subdivision means a manufactured home <br />park or subdivision for which the construction of facilities for servicing the lots on which the <br />manufactured homes are to be affixed (including, at a minimum, the installation of utilities, the <br />construction of streets, and either final site grading or the pouring of concrete pads) completed before <br />March 16, 1981, <br />b <br />bo , > , <br />~~ ~ t •. a' +t,., „a,. o+o .,ate <br />Flood and, flooding means a general and temporary condition of paztial or complete inundation of <br />nornlally dry land areas from the overflow of inland or tidal waters and the unusual and rapid <br />accmnulation of runoff of surface waters from any source. <br />Flood boundar'y and floodwar n:ap (FBFM) means an official map of an Orange County, <br />issued by the FEMA, on which FEMA has delineated the Special Flood Hazard Areas and the <br />floodwavs. This official map is a supplement to and shall be used in coniunction with the FIRM. <br />Flood 17azard bourzdmy map (FHBM) means an official map of a Orange County, issued by the <br />Federal Emergency Management Agency, where the boundaries of the Special Flood Hazard Areas have <br />been defined as Zone A. <br />t i .': -:e~ i it nc Sp r (. ~ i iI ~. ine'6 i I;:v. i_.. rlh~~:: r,l rid.=: <br />