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09/26/2005 14 <br />re€erea o 1,1• r.• ,. ,.1~ .,,: ,;+1,:,, rl,o ~1„oa,~~;~ .. <br />o " .'"o <br />New construction means structures for which the "stazt of construction" commenced on or after <br />.:o; <br />r £•£ t• a t r >, ,....,1 . ,.£.1,:.. n,.a;n~o March 16, 1981, and includes any subsequent <br />improvements to such structures.. <br />divisierr <br />e <br />> > <br />.,.i: .tl. „£s ~ 11.\ ...1 ~+0.1 .,f+o,. TR~..4,1 1hQ1 <br />Nonconforming building or developmenzt means any legally existing building or development, <br />which fails to comply with the current provisions of this Ordinance. <br />Non-Encroachment area means the channel of a river or other watercourse and the adjacent <br />~•3) land areas that must be reserved in order to discharge the base flood without cumulatively increasing <br />the water surface elevation more than one (1) foot as designated in the Flood Insurmzce Study report. <br />Obstruction includes, but is not limited to, any danz, wall, wharf, embankment, levee, dike, pile, <br />abuhnent, protection, excavation, channelization, bridge, conduit, culvert, building, wire, ,fence, rock, <br />gravel, refuse, fill, sh•ucture, vegetation or other material in, along, acrross, or projecting into any <br />watercourse, which may alter, impede, retard, or change the direction and/or velocity of the flow of <br />water, or due to its location, its propensity to snare or collect debris carried by the flow of water, w° its <br />likelihood of behzg carried downsh•earn <br />Post-FIRM means consh°uction or other development, for w/tic/t the "start of coustruction" <br />commenced on or after March 16, 1981= and includes auy subsequent improvemetts to such <br />structures. <br />Planninu Rtiard auuvectinn <br />Pre-FIRM nzearzs corzsh•uction or other development, ,For whic/t the "start of construction" <br />conmzenced before March 16, 1981= and includes any subsequent improvements to such structures. <br />Public safety and/or nuisance means anything, wlzicTz is injurious to the safety or health of an <br />entire Orange County or neighborhood, or any considerable number of pen°sons, or unlawfully obsh•zzcts <br />the. free passage or use, in the customary manner, of arty navigable lake, or river, bcry, sh•earrz, canal, or <br />basin. <br />Recreational vehicle (RV) means a vehicle, which is built on a single chassis, 400 square feet or <br />less when measured at the largest horizontal projection, designed to be self-propelled or permanently <br />towable by a light duty truck, and designed primarily not for use as a permanent dwelling, but as <br />temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, travel, or seasonal use, <br />,• <br />aa~za~~liv ..1 }.;../, „i... is i~.-vrsnc~.,uzr'aid-iine-vfp .,r ~t.,t: :F 1.: •.i. .,+~ 1; <br />0 <br />E$i-tll@t-bc-.acirci 2d: <br />Refw•ence level is the pon°tiaz of a sh°uctur°e or other development that must be compared to the <br />r•egzrlatory flood protection elevation to deter•rnirze regulatory conzpliarzce. For structw°es withinz Special <br />(3) <br />