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09/15/2005 14 <br />Repetitive loss nzemzs flood-related dmnages sustained by a sh-ucture orz two (2) separate <br />occasions dzn•ing nny 10-year period for rovhich the cost of repairs at the time of each such flood event, <br />on the average, equals or exceeds hventy-Jive percent (2.5%) of the market value, or the tax value in the <br />absence of recent comparative sales, of7he sh uctzn~e before the dmnage occurred. <br />Reh•of:tting means measures, such as flood proofing, elevation, consh•uction o-Jsznall levees, and (•3) <br />other modifications, taken on an existing building or its ym•d to protect it from, flood damage. <br />Riverine means relating to, formed by, w• r°esembling a river (including tributaries), sh°eana, brook, <br />or other surface tvatercourse. <br />Planning'Board suggestion <br />Salvage yard means nn establis/unerrt operated or ruaiutaiued for the purpose of storing, <br />dlnnnntling, afvaging, recyclir:g, buying or selling scrap or used materials suclr as paper, metals, <br />rabber, rags, glass, wrecked, used, or disu:antled products and articles, suc% as umclrinery, veJrlc%s, <br />applinnces, m:d the outer similar commodities. <br />PlanninarRnard ~nuuestion <br />Solid waste disposal, facility means any facility involved in the disposal of solid waste, as defined <br />in NCGS 130A-290(x)(35). <br />(3) Solid waste disposal site defined ns in NCGS 130A-Z90(a)(36), <br />Special flood hazard area (SFHA) means the land in the. floodplain subject to a one (1 %) percent <br />or g~°eater chance of being flooded in nny given year as determined in Section 3.2 of this Ordinance. <br />Start of Consh•uction 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 <br />accessory buildings, such as garages or sheds not occupied as dwelling units or not part of the main <br />structtue.. For a substantial improvement, the actual start of construction means the first alteration of any <br />wall, ceiling, floor, or other structural part of the building, whether or not that alteration affects the <br />external dimensions of the building. <br />Sn•ucture means, a walled and roofed building, a manufactured home, or a gas or liquid storage <br />tank, that are principally above ground. <br />Szbstantial damage means damage of any origin sustained by a structure during nny one ,year <br />per°iod whereby the cost of restoring the structure to its before-damaged condition would equal or <br />exceed 50 percent of the market value of the structure before the damage occurred, See definition of <br />"substantial improvement," Substantial damage also means flood-related damage sustained by a <br />;) sh•uctzu-e on hvo seprn•ate occasions during a 10-,yeaz• pez•iod for which the cost of r•epains at the time of <br />each such flood event, on the average, equals or exceeds l.5 percent of the market value of the sn-ucture <br />before the dmnage occurred (See Repetitive Loss) <br />Planning $oazd suggestion r <br />