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Regulatory flood protection elevation The Base Flood Elevation plus the Freeboard establishes this elevation. In Special Flood Hazard Areas where Base Flood Elevations have been determined, this elevation shall be the Base Flood Elevation plus two feet of freeboard. In Special Flood Hazard Areas where no BFE has been established, this elevation shall be at two feet above the highest adjacent grade. Regulatory flood protection elevation is interchangeable with “design floods”. Remedy a violation To bring the structure or other development into compliance with State and Orange County laws and regulations. In terms of compliance with Orange County floodplain management regulations, the term shall also include reduction of the impacts of a development’s noncompliance including protecting the structure or other affected development from flood damages, implementing the enforcement provisions of the ordinance or otherwise deterring future similar violations, or reducing federal financial exposure with regard to the structure or other development. Repetitive loss Flood-related damages sustained by a structure on two separate occasions during any ten year period for which the cost of repairs at the time of each such flood event, on the average, equals or exceeds 25% of the market value, or the tax value in the absence of recent comparative sales, of the structure before the damage occurred. Research Facility With Manufacturing An enclosed structure which accommodates research and research applications as well as related light industrial uses. Facilities may include laboratories, offices, other facilities for research and development, and production facilities. Research Facility Without Manufacturing An enclosed structure which accommodates research and research applications. Facilities may include laboratories, offices, and other facilities for research and development, as well as prototype production facilities for product creation. Prototype production shall be limited in scale to that necessary to fully analyze the merits of the product Reservoir, Class I A body of water, such as a pond or lake, confined by a dam or other barrier to be used for public water supply from which water flows by gravity or is pumped directly to a treatment plant or to a small intervening storage basin and thence to a treatment plant. Reservoir, Class II A body of water, such as a pond or lake, confined by a dam or other barrier to be used for public water supply from which water flows by gravity or is pumped to a Class I reservoir prior to final entrance to a water treatment plant. Residential Development Buildings regulated by the North Carolina Residential Code as well as multifamily dwellings for residential use such as attached and detached single family dwellings, apartment complexes, and condominiums, townhouses, cottages, and their associated outbuildings such as garages, storage buildings, and gazebos. 3 Residential Floor Area The sum of areas for residential use on all floors of the building measured from the outside faces of the exterior walls, including halls, lobbies, stairways, elevator shafts, enclosed porches and balconies, and below-grade floor areas used for habitation and residential access. 3 Updating to reflect SL23-108 regulatory scope: “Any structure regulated by the NC Residential Building Code”. 131