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<br />Flood Hazard Ar°eas designated as Zone AI-A30, AE, A, A99, or AO, the reference level is the top of the
<br />lowest inhabited floor,
<br />Regulatory flood protection elevation means the elevation to which all structures and other
<br />development located within the Special Flood Hazard Areas hm~e been deterrnirzed. Within areas where
<br />BFE's have been deternzirzed, this elevation shall be the BFE plus two (2') feet of freeboard In areas
<br />where no BFE has been established, all structures and other development must be elevated or,flood
<br />prroofed, if non-residential, to two (2') feet above the highest adjacent grade.
<br />Remedy a violation means to bring the structure or other development into compliance with State
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<br />er decal and Orange County laws and regulations , ~ , _ . ___- r _..__~; s
<br />Repetitive loss means ,flood-related dartzages sustained by a sh•ucture on tx+o (Z) separate
<br />occasions during any 10 year period.fa• which the cost of repairs at the time of each such flood event,
<br />on the average, equals or exceeds twenty-five percent (Z.5%) of the market value, or the tax value in the
<br />absence of recent comparative sales, of the h•ucture before the damage occurred
<br />Retrofitting means measures, such as flood proofing, elevation, construction of small levees, and (3)
<br />other rzzodif cations, taken on arz existing building or its,yard to protect it from flood damage.
<br />Riverine nzearzs relating to, foz•naed by, or resembling a river (including tributaries), stream, brook,
<br />or other surface watercourse. planning Boazd suggestion
<br />Salvage yard means an establislunent operated or atairttairted for the purpose of storing,
<br />disn:ar:tling, salvaging, recycling, buying or selling scrap or used materials sack as paper, atetals,
<br />rubber, rags, glass, wrecked, used, or dismantled products and articles, such as n:acbiuery, vehicles,
<br />appliar:ces, and the of/ter similar con:»:odities.
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<br />Solid waste disposal facility means arzy,facility involved in the disposal of solid waste, as defined
<br />in NCGS 130A-Z90(a)(3.5)
<br />(3) Solid waste disposal site defined as in NCGS 130A-290(a)(36).
<br />Special flood bazar°d area (SFHA) means the land in the, floodplain subject to a one (1 %) percent
<br />or greater chance of being flooded in any given year as deter°mined in Section 3 Z of this Ordinance.
<br />Start of Construction •
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<br />building permit was issued, provided the actual start of construction, repair, reconstruction,
<br />rehabilitation, addition placenterzt, or other improvement was within 180 days of the permit date. The
<br />actual start means either the first placement of permanent construction of a structure (including a
<br />manufactured home) on a site, such as the pouring of slabs or footings, installation of piles, construction
<br />of columns, or any work beyond the stage of excavation; or the placement of a manufactured home on a
<br />foundation.. Permanent construction does not include land prepazation, such as clearing, grading, and
<br />filling; nor does it include the installation of streets and/or walkways; nor does it include excavation for
<br />a basement, footings, piers, or foundations or the erection of temporary forms; nor does it include the
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