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<br />Szzbstantial improvement means any combizaatioaa of repairs, reconstmetion, rehabilitation,
<br />addition, or other improvement of a structure, taking place during any one year period whereby the cost
<br />of which equals or exceeds 50 percent of the market value of the structure before the start of
<br />construction of the improvement, This term includes structures, which have incurred substantial
<br />damage, regazdless of the actual repair work performed,. The term does not, however, include either any
<br />correction of existing violations of State or Orange County health, sanitazy, or safety code specifications
<br />which have been identified by the Orange County code enforcement official and which are the minimum
<br />necessary to assure safe living conditions, or any alteration of a historic structure provided that the
<br />alteration will not preclude the structure's continued designation as a historic structure,
<br />Variance is a grant of relief from the requirements of this Ordinance by the Board of Adjustment.
<br />Violation means the failure of a structure or other development to be fully compliant with these
<br />floodplain management regulations. A structure or other development without the elevation certificate,
<br />other certifications, or other evidence of compliance required in this Ordinance is presumed to be in
<br />violation until such time as that documentation is provided..
<br />Water surface elevation (WSE) means the height, in relation to mean sea level, of floods of various
<br />magnitudes and frequencies in the floodplains of coastal or riverine azeas.
<br />(3)
<br />Watercourse means a lake, river, creek, stream, wash, channel or other topographic feature on or
<br />over which waters flow at least periodically, Watercourse includes specifically designated azeas in
<br />which substantial flood damage may occur.
<br />(Ord. of 8-28-1995, art, 2, eff: 8-28-1995)
<br />Cross references: Definitions generally, § 1-2..
<br />Sec. 42-37. Lands to which this Ordinance Applies.
<br />This Ordinance shall apply to all SFHAs within the ,jurisdiction of Orange County, including
<br />Exh~a-Territorial Jzn•isdictions (ETJ), if applicable, and within the jurisdiction of any other Orange
<br />Coun[y whose governing body agrees, by resolution, to such applicabiliry.
<br />Wording now in
<br />(Ord. of 8-28-1995, § 3.1, eff. 8-28-1995) line with N,C..
<br />Flood Act of
<br />Sec. 42-38. Basis for establishing the Special Flood Hazard Areas, 2000 (5)
<br />The SFHA are llaose identified by the FEMA oz' produced under the Cooperating Technical
<br />State agreement between the State of North Carolina and FLMA in its FHBMor_Flood Insurance Study
<br />(FIS) and its acconapnaaying flood maps such ns the FIRM(s) and/or the FBFM(s), for Orange County
<br />dated Maroh 16, 1981, which with accompanying supporting data, and any fuure map update or
<br />revision thereto, including Letters of Mnp Amendment or Revision, are adopted by reference and
<br />declared to be a part of this Ordinance. The SFHA also include those defined through standard (5)
<br />engineering analysis for private developments or by goverranaentnl agencies, but notincoaporated into
<br />the FIRM This includes, but is not limited to, detailed flood data:
<br />1. Detailed flood data generated as a re9uia•enaent of Section 4Z-69 (11/12) of this Ordinance,
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